Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893.
2. Snider, John Vaughan.

Description

1. 1 linear foot (3 boxes).

Summary

1. Collection consists of correspondence, documents, maps, drawings, photographs, and printed matter of Jacob and John Vaughan Snider.

Subject

1. Inventors
2. Photographs
3. Maps
4. Drawings
5. Snider rifle
6. Rifles
7. Land titles > Pennsylvania
8. Land titles > Georgia
9. Inventions
10. Artillery
11. North American Land Company
12. Great Britain > War Office
13. Snider, Jacob, 1811-1866

Genre/Form

1. Drawings.
2. Maps.
3. Photographs.

Call number

1. MssCol 2801

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Biography (note)

1. Jacob Snider (1811-1866), of Philadelphia, Pa., was an inventor of artillery, notably the Snider rifle which was used by the British Army.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged

Author

1. Snider, Jacob, 1811-1866.

Title

1. Jacob Snider papers, 1840-1873.

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. Jacob Snider (1811-1866), of Philadelphia, Pa., was an inventor of artillery, notably the Snider rifle which was used by the British Army. His son John Vaughan Snider was also an inventor. They were both involved in a lawsuit against the British government for compensation for the design of the Snider rifle.

Finding aids

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Inventors.

Added author

1. Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893.
2. Snider, John Vaughan.

LCCN

1. ms 74000538

Research call number

1. MssCol 2801