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Brown Bess

Brown Bess is a muzzle loader.

Also recorded as Land Pattern Musket; British Land Pattern Musket.

Contents

Identity

What the record establishes about Brown Bess.

The test of union & loyalty a new piece, on the present war with France, 1795. To which is added, three new songs, viz. Un petit morceau; or, the year ninety-five. Poor brown Bess, and the sons of Neptune. The whole written, spoken and sung, by William Francis Sullivan, A. B. Comedian, At the Theatres Dover, Deal, &c. &c. is dated 1795 and held by Wellcome Collection. Unto the Right Honourable, the Lords of Council and Session, the petition of Bessie Fairgrieve, relict of the deceast Thomas Brown tenant in Easter-hill, and John Brown his son, .. is dated 1727 and held by Wellcome Collection. Answers for Andrew Alves writer to the Signet, to the petition of Bessie Fairgrieve, relict of the deceast Thomas Brown, and John Brown his son is dated 1728 and held by Wellcome Collection. London tryacle : being the enemie to all infectious diseases; as may appeare by the discourse following. is dated 1615 and held by Wellcome Collection. Name to remember. Part 2, Dr Thomas Addison. is dated 1999 and held by Wellcome Collection. Wellcome Collection records 7 objects associated with this heading.

Brown Bess is classified as a muzzle loader or flintlock musket. Sequah is dated 1890-1892 and held by Wellcome Collection. Brown Bess is associated with Kingdom of Great Britain.

The identifiers under which Brown Bess may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Brown Bess is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q269602.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Brown Bess, n., Oxford English Dictionary, 2023. Explosive Classification Testing of Pyrotechnic End Item Brown Bess Cartridges, 1976. ‘Trusty Bess’: the Definitive Origins and History of the term 'Brown Bess', Arms & Armour, 2017. Petri-Net Safety Assessment of a BESS for Electrified Shipping, 2026.

Digitised editions and texts

5 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by DataCite (Zenodo) and DataCite (Unpublished).

Musket Trigger Guard: EOA:2022.110.1 (2022) — DataCite (Zenodo). Brown Bess Bayonet (2022) — DataCite (Zenodo). Brown Bess Super Low Poly FREE .Blend (2021) — DataCite (Zenodo). BRITISH MILITARY WRITERS SUPREME INTELLECTUAL HONESTY IN ADMITTING MASSIVE SUPERIORITY OF ENFIELD RIFLE OVER BROWN BESS IN 1857- PAKISTANI OR INDIAN COULD NOT HAVE BEEN SO INTELLECTUALLY HONEST ! (2022) — DataCite (Unpublished). brown bess and enfield rifles (2020) — DataCite (Unpublished).

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 26 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)) and 9 deposited research records (DataCite Commons). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 6 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Further recorded particulars

In public collections. Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 7 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Naming and authority record. This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (1163401366). Those registers additionally record the forms Brown, Bess Ann and Brown, Bess A.

Chronology

  1. 1612London tryacle : being the enemie to all infectious diseases; as may appear by the discourse following. (Wellcome Collection).
  2. 1615London tryacle : being the enemie to all infectious diseases; as may appeare by the discourse following. is dated 1615 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  3. 1615London tryacle : being the enemie to all infectious diseases; as may appeare by the discourse following. (Wellcome Collection).
  4. 1727Unto the Right Honourable, the Lords of Council and Session, the petition of Bessie Fairgrieve, relict of the deceast Thomas Brown tenant in Easter-hill, and John Brown his son, .. is dated 1727 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  5. 1727Unto the Right Honourable, the Lords of Council and Session, the petition of Bessie Fairgrieve, relict of the deceast Thomas Brown tenant in Easter-hill, and John Brown his son, .. (Wellcome Collection).
  6. 1728Answers for Andrew Alves writer to the Signet, to the petition of Bessie Fairgrieve, relict of the deceast Thomas Brown, and John Brown his son is dated 1728 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  7. 1728Answers for Andrew Alves writer to the Signet, to the petition of Bessie Fairgrieve, relict of the deceast Thomas Brown, and John Brown his son (Wellcome Collection).
  8. 1795The test of union & loyalty a new piece, on the present war with France, 1795. To which is added, three new songs, viz. Un petit morceau; or, the year ninety-five. Poor brown Bess, and the sons of Neptune. The whole written, spoken and sung, by William Francis Sullivan, A. B. Comedian, At the Theatres Dover, Deal, &c. &c. is dated 1795 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  9. 1795The test of union & loyalty a new piece, on the present war with France, 1795. To which is added, three new songs, viz. Un petit morceau; or, the year ninety-five. Poor brown Bess, and the sons of Neptune. The whole written, spoken and sung, by William Francis Sullivan, A. B. Comedian, At the Theatres Dover, Deal, &c. &c. (Wellcome Collection).
  10. 1890Sequah is dated 1890-1892 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  11. 1999Name to remember. Part 2, Dr Thomas Addison. is dated 1999 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  12. 1999Name to remember. Part 2, Dr Thomas Addison. (Wellcome Collection).
  13. 2020brown bess and enfield rifles digitised by DataCite (Unpublished).
  14. 2021Brown Bess Super Low Poly FREE .Blend digitised by DataCite (Zenodo).
  15. 2022Musket Trigger Guard: EOA:2022.110.1 digitised by DataCite (Zenodo).
  16. 2022Brown Bess Bayonet digitised by DataCite (Zenodo).
  17. 2022BRITISH MILITARY WRITERS SUPREME INTELLECTUAL HONESTY IN ADMITTING MASSIVE SUPERIORITY OF ENFIELD RIFLE OVER BROWN BESS IN 1857- PAKISTANI OR INDIAN COULD NOT HAVE BEEN SO INTELLECTUALLY HONEST ! digitised by DataCite (Unpublished).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    ‘Trusty Bess’: the Definitive Origins and History of the term 'Brown Bess', Arms & Armour, 2017

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Brown Bess, n., Oxford English Dictionary, 2023

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Brown Bess, Top Secret Files, 2021

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    DataCite Commons, deposited research records naming “Brown Bess”

    Institutional database · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Explosive Classification Testing of Pyrotechnic End Item Brown Bess Cartridges, 1976

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Petri-Net Safety Assessment of a BESS for Electrified Shipping, 2026

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Brown Bess.

    open access index · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 1163401366, Brown, Bess.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  9. 9.

    Internet Archive, 1 digitised item catalogued under Brown Bess as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  10. 10.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 7 works naming Brown Bess.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  11. 11.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q269602: Brown Bess

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  12. 12.

    “Brown Bess”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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