Abbey, F.J. & Co.

Name	Street	Town	State	From	To
Abbey, F.J. & Co.		Chicago	Illinois	1858	1875

Patent	Date	Remarks
114,084	April 25, 1871	For patent details see Abbey & Foster

Contract	for

Product
Produced a variety of percussion rifles and shotguns. Also made by Abbey & Foster. A correspondence of F.J. Abbey & Co. to W.A. Carter dated 1873 July 7 and 1873 November 18 can been found at the Marie Eccles-Caine Archive of Intermountain Americana, Utah State University Libraries ask for the William Alexander Carter Family & Mary E. Carter Papers 1859 - 1890, box 2. Carter was an interesting person who served in the Seminole War, emigranted to California in 1850, came to Fort Bridger, Utah Territory in 1857 and spent there as a sutler and post trader. A lot of correspondance to Carter from U.S. government, army officials and others involved in business affairs in Utah Territory is available at the Utah University. Percussion rifles in various calibers Percussion shotgun in various calibers

Product

Produced a variety of percussion rifles and shotguns. Also made by Abbey & Foster.

A correspondence of F.J. Abbey & Co. to W.A. Carter dated 1873 July 7 and 1873 November 18 can been found at the Marie Eccles-Caine Archive of Intermountain Americana, Utah State University Libraries ask for the William Alexander Carter Family & Mary E. Carter Papers 1859 - 1890, box 2.

Carter was an interesting person who served in the Seminole War, emigranted to California in 1850, came to Fort Bridger, Utah Territory in 1857 and spent there as a sutler and post trader. A lot of correspondance to Carter from U.S. government, army officials and others involved in business affairs in Utah Territory is available at the Utah University.

Percussion rifles in various calibers

Percussion shotgun in various calibers