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The village of Germantown was founded. It was first settled by immigrants from the Rhine valley in what is now Germany. In 1681 William Penn published a German-language leaflet to recruit settlers to his new colony. The first group to answer,... Read more ...

6 October 1683

Germantown was founded
The village of Germantown was founded. It was first settled by immigrants from the Rhine valley in what is now Germany. In 1681 William Penn published a German-language leaflet to recruit settlers to his new colony. The first group to answer, Mennonites and German Quakers from Krefeld, arrived in Philadelphia aboard the Concord in October 1683. Germantown can therefore be called the starting point of the Pennsylvania Germans, or Pennsylvania Dutch, in America.


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    Percussion revolvers, also known as cap and ball revolvers, were made by the thousands before and during the war, but the principle of muzzleloading started to become obsolete when the new metallic cartridges became common after the war. This article shows you how to convert a percussion revolver to fire metallic cartridges.

New article: Civilian use of the Norwegian 12 mm Remington

Published: 16 October 2018 by Øyvind Flatnes.
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The Norwegian 12 mm Remington rolling block rifles were sold out of service in the early 1900s and were mainly used as hunting rifles. Read more about the civilian history of the Norwegian Remington by clicking the link below.

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