Merrill, Latrobe and Thomas

Name	Street	Town	State	From	To
Merrill, Latrobe & Thomas		Illion	New York	1850s	1860

Patent	Date	Remarks

Contract	for
? in 1855 (probably in may)	170 carbines for $6000 based on James H. Merrill patent

Product
Founded by James H. Merrill, the brothers Philip Thomas, Lewin Thomas and Ferdinand C. Latrobe. Became Merrill, Thomas & Co. in 1860 or 1861 when Ferdinand Latrobe left the company in 1860. .58 caliber percussion, with Maynard tape primer, all made before the Civil war, have seen war use. These guns were manufactured at the E. Remington factory in Illion, New York as Merrill, Tatrobe and Thomas did not have sufficiant production capacities.

Product

Founded by James H. Merrill, the brothers Philip Thomas, Lewin Thomas and Ferdinand C. Latrobe.

Became Merrill, Thomas & Co. in 1860 or 1861 when Ferdinand Latrobe left the company in 1860.

.58 caliber percussion, with Maynard tape primer, all made before the Civil war, have seen war use. These guns were manufactured at the E. Remington factory in Illion, New York as Merrill, Tatrobe and Thomas did not have sufficiant production capacities.