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Reference NumberP/GOH/3/1
Alternative Reference NumberTH/8070
LevelFile
TitleLicence to make and sell the Chassepot rifle
Date(s)1867
DescriptionLicence under letters patent for improvements in breech loading firearms and in the manufacture of associated cartridges, assigned to (1) by Clinton Edgcumb Brooman:-
(1) Antoine Alphonse Chassepot, of 44 Rue Barbet de Jouy, Paris, France, gentleman
(2) Cahen Lyon & Company
(3) John Osbaldeston Hunt and Charles Jared Hunt, both of 33 Leman St, gun manufacturers (Messrs Potts & Hunts)
PhysicalDescriptionUNFIT FOR PRODUCTION (Paper damp-damaged, fragmenting)
Access StatusOpen
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