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Vermont

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Vermont. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from the colonial and Republic of Vermont periods through statehood to the present.

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    1786 Vt. Acts & Laws 6
    (1786)
    Kept the minimum militia age at 16, but lowered the maximum age to 45. The gun mandate was changed to "a good musket or firelock." The bayonet was now mandatory. Made separate provisions for horsemen; each dragoon had to provide "a case of good pistols, a sword or cutlass not less than three and one half feet in length," plus a pound of gunpowder, "three pounds of sizeable bullets," and eight flints. Since horsemen would have at least two guns (the pair of handguns) they needed a bigger supply of flints.
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    1786 Vt. Acts & Laws 8
    (1793)
    Every non-commissioned officer and private had to "constantly keep himself provided with a good musket, with an iron or steel rod, a sufficient bayonet and belt, two spare flints, a priming wire and brush, and a knapsack; a cartridge box and pouch, with a box therein, sufficient to contain not less than twenty-four cartridges suited to the bore of his musket."Horsemen were required to provide themselves with "a pair of pistols, and sabre, and cartridgebox to contain twelve cartridges for pistols."665 Cavalry officers needed "a pair of pistols, and sword."
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    1786 Vt. Acts, Oct. Sess. 30
    (1793)
    Every non-commissioned officer and private had to "constantly keep himself provided with a good musket, with an iron or steel rod, a sufficient bayonet and belt, two spare flints, a priming wire and brush, and a knapsack; a cartridge box and pouch, with a box therein, sufficient to contain not less than twenty-four cartridges suited to the bore of his musket."664 Horsemen were required to provide themselves with "a pair of pistols, and sabre, and cartridge box to contain twelve cartridges for pistols."665 Cavalry officers needed "a pair of pistols, and sword."
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    1786 Vt. Acts, Oct. Sess. 6
    (1786)
    Kept the minimum militia age at 16, but lowered the maximum age to 45. The gun mandate was changed to "a good musket or firelock." The bayonet was now mandatory. Made separate provisions for horsemen; each dragoon had to provide "a case of good pistols, a sword or cutlass not less than three and one half feet in length," plus a pound of gunpowder, "three pounds of sizeable bullets," and eight flints.656 Since horsemen would have at least two guns (the pair of handguns) they needed a bigger supply of flints.