New England Militia Musket,
Adam W. Spies, New York, c. 1823-30.
40 3/8 in., .73 caliber round imported barrel with ring decoration at the breech, post-1813 Birmingham proof marks on the left side, the top stamped 'LONDON'; flat lock plate with foliate engraving on the stepped and pointed tail, marked 'A.W. SPIES/WARRANTED' below the pan, the inside unmarked; walnut stock with checkered wrist; brass furniture including a butt plate with narrow stepped tang, British Land Pattern-style trigger guard, long flat side plate with pointed tail, two cast brass flared rammer pipes and an entry pipe, brass nose cap, small rectangular silver thumb piece engraved 'AS'; steel rammer with button head and plain end.
Overall lg. 55 7/8 in.
Footnotes:
Note
Adam W. Spies was a gunsmith and dealer who operated a store at Broadway and Fulton Streets, New York, NY, from the 1820s through 1863 (A. Merwyn Carey, American Firearms Makers, (New York; Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1953), p. 116; and Frank M. Sellers, American Gunsmiths, (Highland Park, NJ: The Gun Room Press, 1983), p. 290).

Barrel toned to mottled brown with light pitting in the vent area; lock toned brown with light pitting in the pan area and functions properly, to jaw screw is somewhat stripped; stock has very minor blemishes; furniture is toned to deep yellow.