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  • Auction Catalog #52
  • Lot #1094
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Lot 1094: Manhattan Firearms Company 1851 Navy Revolver 36

Historic Civil War Grouping Including Manhattan Arms Navy Model Single Action Revolver, with Boots, Accoutrements, a Civil War Recruiting Poster and Post-Civil War West Point Medal for Major Henry Dane, Soldier and Noted Orator

Auction Location: Rock Island, IL

Auction Date: May 20, 2011

Lot 1094: Manhattan Firearms Company 1851 Navy Revolver 36

Historic Civil War Grouping Including Manhattan Arms Navy Model Single Action Revolver, with Boots, Accoutrements, a Civil War Recruiting Poster and Post-Civil War West Point Medal for Major Henry Dane, Soldier and Noted Orator

Auction Location: Rock Island, IL

Auction Date: May 20, 2011

Estimated Price: $7,500 - $15,000

Historic Civil War Grouping Including Manhattan Arms Navy Model Single Action Revolver, with Boots, Accoutrements, a Civil War Recruiting Poster and Post-Civil War West Point Medal for Major Henry Dane, Soldier and Noted Orator

Manufacturer: Manhattan Firearms Company
Model: 1851 Navy
Type: Revolver
Gauge: 36
Barrel: 6 1/2 inch octagon
Finish: blue
Grip: varnished walnut
Stock:
Item Views: 1977
Serial Number:
Catalog Page: 193
Class: Antique
Description:

Fixed sights, with the Newark address on top of the barrel, 5 roll stamped scenes on the cylinder and matching numbers on the barrel, frame and grip straps. Smooth one-piece grip. Included with the revolver is a pair of brown leather boots with tan canvas straps and no maker's marks, a set of Paris made LeClerc binoculars, unmarked brass bodied spyglass, a pair of amber lensed sharpshooter glasses, black leather flap holster, rawhide belt with sword hangers and U.S. buckle, a pair of spurs, a German made Model 1860 Light Cavalry sword with an etched 31" double fuller blade, 1840 profile grip and metal sheath, a 35 1/2 inch walking stick with floral engraved gold head inscribed "CENTENARY/1888", a framed display containing a gentleman's picture card, a pair of gold bullion Captains shoulder boards, an Abraham Lincoln souvineer medal, G.A.R. medal, a Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States medal and a West Point Inauguration Day (1878) medal, presented to "our First Orator/Major H.C.Dane", and finally a framed Civil War Recruiting poster, black print on paper, reading "23 MORE MEN!/Twenty-three more men are required to fill the/CAMBRIDGE QUOTA/OF/THREE YEARS VOLUNTEERS./To that number of men who/APPLY IMMEDIATELY/Will be given great inducements to enlist. Come quickly and get a big Bounty while it may be/had./APPLY TO H.C. DANE,/At the TENT, near the flag staff, Old Cambridge, and/D.P. MUZZEY, at the City Hall. PER ORDER OF THE/Cambridge Recruiting Committee.". Originally a lawyer, Henry C. Dane, later Major Dane, joined the 3rd Massachusetts Cavalry in 1862, which would participate in the capture of New Orleans, the siege of Port Hudson, the Red River Expedition and operations in the Shenandoah Valley including the battles of Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek. After the war, Major Dane became a noted orator and lecturer, regarded among the best of his time, and toured Europe, the Near East and Australia.

Rating Definition:

Revolver is fine, showing a mixed gray patina overall, along with scattered dents and a small amount of pitting. Brass has darkened, with dents on the grips. Mechanically needs adjustment. The leather goods are fine, with cracking and scuffs, the spyglass is fair with lost stitching and fuzzy optics, binoculars are good, with lost leather, external wear and fair optics, glasses are good with cracks in the right lens, and the poster is fine with foxing of the edges and tears along the folds.



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