Eli Whitney State of New York Contract Musket,
New Haven, Connecticut, c. 1810-13.
41 15/16 in., .70 caliber round barrel stamped on the top of the breech 'P' in a sunken oval cartouche, and 'SNY' and bayonet lug marked 'K'; flat lock plate stamped 'N.HAVEN' within a scroll below the brass pan, the inside of the lock marked 'L' and 'O' and the parts and screw heads marked with a small 't' or cross-like symbol; walnut stock with 'JN' cartouche on the left side behind the side plate for inspector of arms John Newbury, and a small '5' stamped below the trigger guard; iron furniture of proper form with sling swivels and steel rammer marked 'N' below button head, with threaded end.
Overall lg. 57 3/8 in.
Footnotes:
Provenance
The William M. Reid Collection, May 2006.

Note
This musket conforms to Eli Whitney's second State of New York contract granted in 1808 for 2,000 muskets (Peter A. Schmidt, U.S. Military Flintlock Muskets and Their Bayonets, The Early Years 1790-1815, (Woonsocket, R.I.; Andrew Mowbray Publishers, 2006), pp. 293-94).

Metal polished bright with areas of fine underlying pitting; lock functions properly, top jaw may be an old replacement or slightly altered at the front; stock has scattered dings and dents and small chips associated with the rear of the middle and lower barrel bands, and a linear gouge on each side of the fore end between the middle and lower bands.