The Merrill Rifle (sales brochure)

This was an early Merrill, Thomas & Company sales brochure, as the diagrams show the snubbed front end of the forend. My photo collection has seriall 588 as the first Merrill to have the tapered forend.

The cover page is of an original sales brochure in the Claude Fuller collection, located at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (NMP).

I'll be using the pages of testimony to capture actual photographs of those whose testimonials were used, such as Major General Dix.

I sure could use some help in this effort, whether it's actual photos or websites to check out. Email me all you can. Thanks.

Maj. R.E. Colston Report

Lieut. F.K. Murray U.S.N. report

Capt. Harwood, Com. Dahlgren, Lieut. Maury, U.S.N.

Lieut. A.C. Gillem, U.S. Army

S. Adams, Esq, Master Armorer, VA State Armory

Major R.E. Colston, VA Military Institute

Alfred M. Barbour, Esq., Superintendent, U.S. Harper’s Ferry Armory

P. Burkhardt, Esq, Inspector of Arms, U.S. Armory, Harper’s Ferry

Capt. R.E. Robinsion 1st Cavalry, Petersburg, VA

Recommendation of the Philadelphia Sunday Mercury

Letters from:

Major Gen. John A. Dix, Commanding Middle Department

Officers of Lincoln Cavalry

Chas. H. Larrabee, Camp Griffin, VA

M.H. Beaumont, 1st New Jersey Cavalry

Capt. Jacob Hess, 21st Regiment Indiana Volunteers

Capt. J.M. Trowbridge, U.S. Army

Lieut. Chas D. Judd, Co. F., N.Y. Artillery

Col. W.A. Barstow, 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry

J.U. Shaler, Esq., Inventor of the “Shaler Sectional Bullet”

Col. J.W. McMillan, 21st Regiment Indiana Volunteers

General J.H. Lane, Com. of Recruits

Brigadier Geo. Stoneman, Commanding Corps.

Major General Wm. H. French, U.S. Army

C.L. Pumbaker, 67th Regiment Kentucky Volunteers

Col. S.T. Spear, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Extract from report of Lieut. Colonel Wm. D. Whipple, U.S. Army