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Jacob Rupertus (1822/1823 – 1921) was an American

handgun A handgun is a short- barrelled gun, typically a firearm, that is designed to be usable with only one hand. It is distinguished from a long gun (i.e. rifle, shotgun or machine gun, etc.), which needs to be held by both hands and also braced ...

designer and manufacturer. He was born in Bavaria and died in

Laurel Springs, New Jersey Laurel Springs is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast ...

, on February 14, 1921.''Philadelphia Inquirer'', February 15, 1921 (Tuesday), "RUPERTUS--At Laurel Springs, Feb. 14th, JACOB, husband of the late Caroline Rupertus, aged 98 years. Relatives and friends invited to the service, Wed 2 P. M. at the Oliver H. Blair Bldg., 1820 Chestnut st." He was married to Caroline Bechtel circa 1849. Caroline was born Feb 12, 1831 in Leiterswiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France and died Feb 26, 1911 also in Laurel Springs. They were buried in the now defunct American Mechanics Cemetery in Philadelphia. This Jacob Rupertus should not be confused with another Jacob Rupertus 1827-1900 who also lived in

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

, but was not involved in gun manufacturing. Rupertus founded the ''Rupertus Patented Pistol Manufacturing Company'' in Philadelphia, 1924 North 4th Street, which was active between 1859 and 1899.American Firearms
'' for Rupertus Patented Pistol Manufactory click on - Early American firearms ... prior to the year 1900 scroll down the left menu and select the company by double click''
/ref> On July 19, 1864 he received the

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No.43.606 for a

revolver A revolver (also called a wheel gun) is a repeating handgun that has at least one barrel and uses a revolving cylinder containing multiple chambers (each holding a single cartridge) for firing. Because most revolver models hold up to six roun ...

with a rotating multi-shot barrel group (

pepper-box The pepper-box revolver or simply pepperbox (also "pepper-pot", from its resemblance to the household pepper shakers) is a multiple-barrel firearm, mostly in the form of a handgun, that has three or more gun barrels in a coaxially revolving m ...

).J.M. Firearms Collection
''Avispero Jacob Rupertus''
(Spanish).

External links

of Jacob Rupertus, Patent US43606

at antiquearmsinc.com, Patent US121199
Shotgun 12 gauge
of Jacob Rupertus, Patent US 209925
Revolver
of Jacob Rupertus, Patent US121199

References

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Jacob Rupertus from 04:31, June 29, 2007
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