Same as Frederick Fainot or Farnot ?
On January 2, 1792, Secretary of War Henry Knox asked General Edward Hand, who was living in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to contact for the first 1,000 rifles at 12$ each. The rifle should be .50 caliber with 42" rifled barrel, the lock to have
a fly, with a patch box to be spring opened with abutton release. Additional 2,000 rifles were ordered and delivered in 1794. Finally the Government received 3,476 rifles made by different gunsmiths. The correspondence between Knox and Hand
is published under - Gonter, Peter.
In 1794 Georges F. Fainot contribued 58 rifles at following delivery dates:
| date |
rifles |
| January 12 |
1 |
| January 27 |
4 |
| March 4 |
2 |
| March 11 |
2 |
| March 19 |
3 |
| March 31 |
4 |
| April 9 |
4 |
| April 17 |
3 |
| May 5 |
5 |
| July 14 |
7 |
| July 25 |
8 |
| August 1 |
4 |
| August 15 |
4 |
| September 3 |
7 |
See also Continental Rifles, Account of when received and when forwarded by order of General Hand, Lancaster, February 7, 1794.
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