Gatling, Richard Jordan, 1818-1903
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Gatling photographs
Collection — Folder: SP070
Identifier: SP070
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs of Richard Jordan Gatling's tomb in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana and his invention the Gatling gun taken by the Indiana Department of Conservation in March 1964. There is also the front page of the February 7, 1874 issue of Scientific American, which features the Gatling gun.
Dates:
1874/02/07; 1964
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Gatling photographs
Indiana inventors and patent list of 1862
Collection — Folder: S2766
Identifier: S2766
Dates:
1862-1863
Maurice Thompson collection
Collection — Folder: S1307
Identifier: S1307
Scope and Contents
This collection contains hand-written letters and documents by Maurice Thompson, as well as three letters written to him in 1897 by Dr. Richard Gordon Gatling, inventor of the Gatling Gun. A hand-written manuscript entitled "The Spirit of Specialization" is enclosed in a blue folder. The "Hoosier Listening Post" article dated November 18, 1934, published in the Indianapolis Star, describes Maurice and his brother Will going hunting with bows...
Dates:
1882-1934
