Crispin, Silas

Name Street Town State From To
Crispin, Silas   New York City New York 1863 1871


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40,978 December 15, 1863 Improvement in Primed Metallic Cartridges, assigned to Thomas Poultney, Baltimore
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40,988 December 15, 1863 Improvement in Metallic Cartridges, joined patent of Crispin and Thomas J. Rodman, assigned to Thomas Poultney, Baltimore
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42,329 April 12, 1864 Improvement in Cartridges, assigned to Thomas Poultney, Baltimore
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49,237 August 8, 1865 Improvement in Priming Metallic Cartridges
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50,224 October 3, 1865 Improvement in Revolving Fire-Arms
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60,698 January 1, 1867 Breech-Loading Fire-Arm
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61,722 February 5, 1867 Breech-Loading Fire-Arm
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84,616 December 1, 1868 Improvement in Cartridge-Boxes
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113,634 April 11, 1871 Improvement in Metallic Cartridges
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Silas Crispin, born, September 9, 1828 Holmesburg, Pennsylvania, died February 28, 1889, New York.

He left West Point Military Academy in 1850 as 3rd in class and stayed his whole life in the military. in 1881 he was sent to Europe por special service.

.32 caliber, 5 shot Crispin revolver
.32 caliber, 6 shot Crispin revolver
Somes marked "Smith Arms Co., New York City. Crispin's Pat. Oct. 3; 1865"

Gilbert Smith's rifles were using Crispin's cartridges