Maynard, Edward,  1813-1891. <br/><br/>
Edward Maynard papers, 1836-1867. 

 - 110  items. 1  container. 1  microfilm reel. 0.4  linear feet. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence and legal and financial records relating to Maynard's improvements in the manufacture and sale of firearms and to his dental practice in Washington, D.C.  Documents Maynard's invention of a percussion primer (known as the Maynard tape primer), his patent of it in 1845, and his efforts, along with his partners, Thomas L. Smith and J. Washington Tyson, to get firearms manufactured utilizing the primer.  Includes material pertaining to his improvements in the breech-loading rifle and the sale of his patent rights.  Correspondents include Timothy W. Carter (agent of the Massachusetts Arms Company), George Mackay, Edward Riddle, Thomas L. Smith, and J. Washington Tyson.  Account books documenting his dental practice mentions patients including Samuel Cooper, W.W. Corcoran, John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren, Stephen A. Douglas, Thomas Ewing, Philip Kearny, Horace Mann, George Brinton McClellan, George Washington Riggs, Edwin McMasters Stanton, and Joseph Vann. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. <br/>Washington, D.C. : <br/>Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, <br/>1984. 
<br/><br/><br/>Dental surgeon and inventor. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009216 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 79031799  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Carter, Timothy W.--Correspondence.<br/>Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876. <br/>Corcoran, W. W. 1798-1888. <br/>Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870. <br/>Douglas, Stephen A. 1813-1861. <br/>Ewing, Thomas, 1789-1871. <br/>Kearny, Philip, 1815-1862. <br/>Mackay, George, active 19th century --Correspondence.<br/>Mann, Horace, 1796-1859. <br/>McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885. <br/>Riddle, Edward--Correspondence.<br/>Riggs, George Washington, 1813-1881. <br/>Smith, Thomas L., 1787 or 1788-1871. <br/>Smith, Thomas L., 1787 or 1788-1871 --Correspondence.<br/>Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869. <br/>Tyson, J. Washington 1811-1860. <br/>Tyson, J. Washington 1811-1860 --Correspondence.<br/>Vann, Joseph, 1798-1844. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Massachusetts Arms Company--Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Dentistry--Washington (D.C)<br/>Firearms.<br/>Firearms--Patents.<br/>Firearms industry and trade.<br/>Rifles.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Dental surgeons.<br/>Inventors.