Research Catalog

Title

Jacob Snider papers, 1840-1873.

Author

Snider, Jacob, 1811-1866.

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Details

Additional Authors

• Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893.
• Snider, John Vaughan.

Description

1 linear foot (3 boxes).

Summary

Collection consists of correspondence, documents, maps, drawings, photographs, and printed matter of Jacob and John Vaughan Snider.

Subjects

• Inventors
• Photographs
• Maps
• Drawings
• Snider rifle
• Rifles
• Land titles > Pennsylvania
• Land titles > Georgia
• Inventions
• Artillery
• North American Land Company
• Great Britain > War Office
• Snider, Jacob, 1811-1866

Genre/Form

• Drawings.
• Maps.
• Photographs.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• Jacob Snider (1811-1866), of Philadelphia, Pa., was an inventor of artillery, notably the Snider rifle which was used by the British Army.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

MssCol 2801

OCLC

NYPW94-A267

Author

Snider, Jacob, 1811-1866.

Title

Jacob Snider papers, 1840-1873.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

Jacob Snider (1811-1866), of Philadelphia, Pa., was an inventor of artillery, notably the Snider rifle which was used by the British Army. His son John Vaughan Snider was also an inventor. They were both involved in a lawsuit against the British government for compensation for the design of the Snider rifle.

Finding Aids

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

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Occupation

Inventors.

Added Author

Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893.

Snider, John Vaughan.

LCCN

ms 74000538

Research Call Number

MssCol 2801