03701cpcaa2200661 a 4500 mm 79031799 DLC 20260227111656.0 cr ||||||||||| 790726|||||||||||| eng mm 79031799 ms 63000379 DLC dacs DLC DLC S lcmd Maynard, Edward, 1813-1891. Edward Maynard papers, 1836-1867. 110 items. 1 container. 1 microfilm reel. 0.4 linear feet. Open to research. 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. Microfilm edition available in part, no. 18,774. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1984. Dental surgeon and inventor. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009216 Carter, Timothy W. Correspondence. Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876. Corcoran, W. W. (William Wilson), 1798-1888. Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870. Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861. Ewing, Thomas, 1789-1871. Kearny, Philip, 1815-1862. Mackay, George, active 19th century Correspondence. Mann, Horace, 1796-1859. McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885. Riddle, Edward Correspondence. Riggs, George Washington, 1813-1881. Smith, Thomas L., 1787 or 1788-1871. Smith, Thomas L., 1787 or 1788-1871 Correspondence. Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869. Tyson, J. Washington (Joseph Washington), 1811-1860. Tyson, J. Washington (Joseph Washington), 1811-1860 Correspondence. Vann, Joseph, 1798-1844. Massachusetts Arms Company Correspondence. Dentistry Washington (D.C) Firearms. Firearms Patents. Firearms industry and trade. Rifles. Dental surgeons. itoamc Inventors. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009216 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009216.3 42260 42260