Abbey, George T.

Name	Street	Town	State	From	To
Abbey, George T.		Utica	New York	1845	1852
Abbey, George T.	186 Lake Street	Chicago	Illinois	1852	1874

Patent	Date	Remarks
87,814	March 16, 1869	Patent drawing Specification

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George T. Abbey was born in 1823. his father was Robert Abbey. He was a gunmaker born in England in 1778 who immigrated to the U.S.A. George T. Abbey was apprentice at his father. The 1840 city directory list him as Gunsmith and Cutler. In the 1849 Utica directory he is listed as a gunsmith with $1,000 invested in business, 75 gun barrels worth $150, locks and trimmings $1000. He employed two hands. In 1852 he moved to Chicago and was there in business until 1874. In 1848/49 he made the Milo M. Cass patent repeating rifle. Only two are known so far He manufactured a wide variety of percussion and cartridge firearms. Mostly rifles and shotguns Advertisement in Chicago Daily Democrat of August 25, 1860 says: GEO. T. ABBEy, MANUFACTURER AND IMPORTER OF Guns, RIfles, Pistols, &c. 186 Lake Street. Sporting Aparatus and Gun Material. - Rifles made to order, with all the modern improvements. - Telescopic Sights, Patent Muzzle, &c. Repairing promplty done and warranted. Sole Agent for Hazzards's Powder. When Abbey cleaned the Milwaukee muskets (Cairo Epedition, 1861 in the Civil War campagne) he reported many of them having been loaded with multiples charges. (said by Augustus Harris Burley at the Annual Meeting of the Chicago Historical Society, Nov. 19, 1890) Chairmen of sub-committees of the North-Western Sanitary Commission and Soldiers' Home Fair, opened on May 39, 1865 .44 caliber, single barrel .44 caliber, Side-x-Side double barrel .44 double barrel, over-under, brass furniture .44 octagonal barrel, brass furniture 10 gauge shotgun, double barrel in damascus type length 32"

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George T. Abbey was born in 1823. his father was Robert Abbey. He was a gunmaker born in England in 1778 who immigrated to the U.S.A. George T. Abbey was apprentice at his father. The 1840 city directory list him as Gunsmith and Cutler. In the 1849 Utica directory he is listed as a gunsmith with $1,000 invested in business, 75 gun barrels worth $150, locks and trimmings $1000. He employed two hands.

In 1852 he moved to Chicago and was there in business until 1874.

In 1848/49 he made the Milo M. Cass patent repeating rifle. Only two are known so far

He manufactured a wide variety of percussion and cartridge firearms. Mostly rifles and shotguns

Advertisement in Chicago Daily Democrat of August 25, 1860 says:

GEO. T. ABBEy,
MANUFACTURER AND IMPORTER
OF
Guns, RIfles, Pistols, &c.
186 Lake Street.
Sporting Aparatus and Gun Material. - Rifles made to order, with all the modern improvements. - Telescopic Sights, Patent Muzzle, &c.
Repairing promplty done and warranted.
Sole Agent for Hazzards's Powder.

When Abbey cleaned the Milwaukee muskets (Cairo Epedition, 1861 in the Civil War campagne) he reported many of them having been loaded with multiples charges. (said by Augustus Harris Burley at the Annual Meeting of the Chicago Historical Society, Nov. 19, 1890)

Chairmen of sub-committees of the North-Western Sanitary Commission and Soldiers' Home Fair, opened on May 39, 1865

.44 caliber, single barrel

.44 caliber, Side-x-Side double barrel

.44 double barrel, over-under, brass furniture

.44 octagonal barrel, brass furniture

10 gauge shotgun, double barrel in damascus type length 32"