Maynard, Edward 1813-1891 creator mixed material monographic eng 110 1 1 0.4 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. Open to research. 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 Inventors mm 79031799 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009216 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009216.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009216 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009216.3 Open to research. DLC 790726 20260227111656.0 mm 79031799