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London Armoury Company
| Name: | London Armoury Company |
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| Biography/History: | The London Armoury Company was a London arms manufacturer that existed from 1856 until 1866. It was the major arms supplier to the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War. The company was founded on February 9, 1856, with its factory established on the former site of the South-Eastern Railway Company in the Bermondsey section of London. The principal shareholder was Robert Adams, inventor of the Adams revolver. Another important stockholder was Adams' cousin, James Kerr, who later invented the Kerrs Patent Revolver. |
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500.6 (Revolver, Kerr Revolver, 1858)
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