Simeon North First Official Pistol Maker of the United States a Memoir
Simeon North First Official Pistol Maker of the United States a Memoir
S N D Simon Newton Dexter North
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Calhoun, Secre- tary of War and Simeon North of the Town of Middle- town in the State of Connecticut, WITNESSETH 1. That the said Simeon North doth covenant and agree to manufacture and deliver for the Service of the United States, Ten Thousand Pairs of Horseman's Pistols at the Rate of Two Thousand Pairs of Pistols a Year, computing from the present Date, that is to say, so that not less than fifteen hundred Pairs, nor more than twenty five hundred Pairs shall be delivered in a Single Year. 2.... It is agreed that the Pistols shall be manufac- tured comformably to a Pattern which has been fur- nished by the Ordnance Department; and shall be in quality of Workmanship equal to the Said Pattern, and shall be inspected by an Officer or Agent of the Ordnance Department, and certified by such Inspec- tor to be conformable to the Pattern, and equal in quality of Workmanship to the said Pattern. 3. It is agreed that the said Pistols shall be in- spected and delivered at Middletown in the State of Connecticut, (the inspection being made at the Expence of the United States) and that the said Pistols shall be carefully packed in good and sufficient cases for Transportation, it being understood that the said Simeon North shall be allowed a reasonable Price for the Cases or Boxes made use of in packing the Pistols.
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