*SOLD* H.E. Leman Percussion Muzzleloader 38" *FAMOUS PENNSYLVANIA GUNMAKER*

Henry E. Leman was born in Lancaster on March 8, 1812, the eighth child of Jacob and Catherine Leman. Jacob served with the Pequea Rangers during the Revolutionary War. Jacob’s father, Henry’s grandfather, was Daniel Leman who was a French Huguenot that settled in Paradise Township with the Lefevre and Ferree families. Daniel married one of the Ferree daughters. After the war, Jacob started a brewery and a family of ten children.

At the age of 16, Henry was apprenticed to Lancaster gunsmith, Melchior Fordney for three years. Fordney produced rifles in Lancaster at 508 South Queen street from 1807 until 1846 when he was tragically murdered by an insane man with an axe.

After his apprenticeship, Henry worked for Philadelphia gunsmith, George Tryon, as a journeyman gunsmith for about three more years. Tryon was the grandson of another French Hugeuenot who came to America in 1773. The Tryon gunshop made arms for the Revolutionary war and later for the Indian trade. Henry worked for Tryon until he opened his own gun shop in 1834.

Henry’s experience with the Lancaster and Philadelphia gunsmiths gained him the skills to produce a good quality Pennsylvania rifle at a competitive price. He produced 250 rifles during his first year of operation. 50 of those first pieces were sold to John N. Lane in St. Louis for use in the Indian trade. In 1837, he received a contract from the government for 500 rifles. The rifles were flintlocks with 42-inch barrels. Each rifle had a woolen cover and included a mold, wiper and charger. The price was $14 each. They were packed in boxes of no more that 25 rifles in each box. In the years that followed, he made more than 1000 rifles for the Northwest Indian trade in addition to a wide variety of civilian rifles.

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