Merrill, James H.

Name	Street	Town	State	From	To
Merrill, James H.	65 South, dw 112 east Pratt street	Baltimore	Maryland	1845	1849
Merrill, James H.	Strage at. dw 209 Franklin street	Baltimore	Maryland	1851
Merrill, James H.		Baltimore	Maryland	1857	1865

Patent	Date	Remarks
14,077	January 8, 1856	Improvement in Fire-Arms Patent drawing Specification Specification, 2nd page Specification, 3rd page
18,401	October 13, 1857	Improvement in Projectiles for Rifled Ordnance Patent drawing Specification
20,954	July 20, 1858	Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms Patent drawing Specification Specification, 2nd page
RE 1,156	March 26, 1861	Improvement in Firearms, assigned to The Merrill Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company Patent drawing Specification Specification, 2nd page
RE 1,157	March 26, 1861	Improvement in Firearms, assigned to The Merrill Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company Patent drawing Specification Specification, 2nd page
RE 1,158	March 26, 1861	Improvement in Firearms, assigned to The Merrill Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company Patent drawing Specification
RE 1,159	March 26, 1861	Improvement in Firearms, assigned to The Merrill Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company Patent drawing Specification Specification, 2nd page
32,032	April 9, 1861	Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms, assingend to Merril Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company Patent drawing Specification
32,033	April 9, 1861	Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms, assingend to Merril Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company Patent drawing Specification Specification, 2nd page
32,450	May 28, 1861	Breach-Loading Fire-Arm, assigned to the Merrill Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company view patent
32,451	May 28, 1861	Improvement in Fire-Arms, assingend to Merril Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company Patent drawing Specification
33,536	October 22, 1861	Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms Patent drawing Specification
40,884	December 8, 1863	Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms, assingend to Merril Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company Patent drawing Specification Specification, 2nd page

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Patent of August 1, 1856 ???? to verify Founded Merrill, Latrobe & Thomas See also Merrill Patent Fire Arms Manuacturing Company, Baltimore, Maryland James H. Merrill was born in 1816 in Washington, D.C.. Since so about 1840, James worked with his brother William in Baltimore as gunsmith. In 1860 Merrill sold 100 altered Jenks-Karbines to the Ordnance Department which returned them immediatement due to poor workmanship. He altered 1400 Model 1842 muskets as well as Model 1816 flintlock muskets and Model 1853 Enfields to the Merrill system (breech-loader using paper ammunition). Trial of some Merrill guns in 1860 in the earlier one his guns did not conconvinced. However, in an other trial hold four month later they were praised. Most likely as Major Robert E. Colston, responsible of that second trial disliked metallic cardridges as used in the Burnsides or Maynards. Is believed having manufactured the T.J. Stafford single shot deringer Gun smith in all its branches, see Baltimore City Directory for 1845, 1849 & 1850, 1851.

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Patent of August 1, 1856 ???? to verify

Founded Merrill, Latrobe & Thomas

See also Merrill Patent Fire Arms Manuacturing Company, Baltimore, Maryland

James H. Merrill was born in 1816 in Washington, D.C.. Since so about 1840, James worked with his brother William in Baltimore as gunsmith.

In 1860 Merrill sold 100 altered Jenks-Karbines to the Ordnance Department which returned them immediatement due to poor workmanship.

He altered 1400 Model 1842 muskets as well as Model 1816 flintlock muskets and Model 1853 Enfields to the Merrill system (breech-loader using paper ammunition).

Trial of some Merrill guns in 1860 in the earlier one his guns did not conconvinced. However, in an other trial hold four month later they were praised. Most likely as Major Robert E. Colston, responsible of that second trial disliked metallic cardridges as used in the Burnsides or Maynards.

Is believed having manufactured the T.J. Stafford single shot deringer

Gun smith in all its branches, see Baltimore City Directory for 1845, 1849 & 1850, 1851.