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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: Ben Gorey on November 09, 2009, 07:05:32 AM

Title: Jacob Young,"Chief Artisan"
Post by: Ben Gorey on November 09, 2009, 07:05:32 AM

I have made inquiries of collectors and publications many times over the years and could get no additional information concerning this reference from "History of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County. PA" by O.J.Harvey and E.G. Smith (1929) Vol. IV.  The excerpt  refers to approximately 1819 and says:  " a gun smithery on the north side of the Square, with Jacob Young as chief artisan".  I assume a Young by way of Easton, PA but also I would consider the large population that migrated into NEPA from Conn. and NY.  A signed Young gun with some New England features ??  Anyone ??