JEB STUART ARCHIVE INCLUDING HIS ORIGINAL PATENT MODEL AND PATENT FOR HIS FAMOUS SWORD HANGER.

JEB Stuart is a household name and among the best known of all Confederate commanders. His cavalry exploits during the Civil War and his prior service on the Plains and Bleeding Kansas are well known among military historians. Few know, however, that JEB Stuart designed and patented an innovative sword hanger just prior to the war. This lot contains: 1) his orig submitted brass working model along with the orig patent office tag, patent number 25, 264 “J.E.B. STUART / METHOD OF ATTACHING / SABERS & BELTS / PATENTED OCT. 4TH / 1859”. 2) 16″ x 10-1/2″ printed circular describing the belt with full page drawing of the device, on verso full page ALS, Ft Riley, Kansas Territory, January 25, 1860 by Stuart to State of Virginia encouraging purchase of his device for state troops since the US government had adopted it. 3) 1-pg ALS from Stuart to Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, August 16, 1859 “I have the honor to submit herewith a manual for Stuart’s Sabre Attachment which I submitted to the Cavalry Board at Carlisle… J.E.B. Stuart 1st Lt. 1st Cav.”. James Ewell Brown Stuart (1833-1864) known to his friends as JEB, graduated from West Point in 1854. He was among the best American officers serving in Texas and Kansas with the US Army prior to the Civil War and was a participant in the capture of John Brown at Harper’s Ferry. He resigned his commission in the U.S. Army when the war began and distinguished himself in numerous battles. As Confederate commander, Stuart would be killed at the Battle of Yellow Tavern, May 12, 1864 at the age of 31 by a member of Custer’s Michigan Cavalry Brigade. Robert E. Lee now truly lost his eyes and ears for the Army of Northern Virginia. This is an incredible archive concerning the most iconic of American cavalry commanders, none better known than possibly George Armstrong Custer. It is amazing that Stuart’s patented sword hanger was rare during the Civil War but saw expanded used after the Civil War in the Indian Wars being manufactured at the Frankford Arsenal almost exactly in the same configuration he designed. PROVENANCE: Patent Model sold at auction by US Patent Office to O. Rundle Gilbert, Garrison, New York; Cliff Peterson, Beverly Hills, CA; Henry Truslow Collection, Sunbury, PA. CONDITION: 1) Fine overall as framed in 32″ x 24″ shadowbox. Brass hanger measures 5″ x 3″. The orig 3″ x 3″ patent card is also very good to fine with dark easily discerned text with light soiling. Frame also contains 7″ x 10″ printed US Patent Office description and drawing of patented device, along with a facsimile photograph of Stuart. 2) Cracked at folds with reductions at central folds, foxing, acid burn, paper brittle but otherwise complete and sound as professionally conserved. Scotch tape stains on same central fold darkening paper where tape removed. Chipping and brown edges at top and bottom barely effecting text. Stuart signature panel is fine. Ink and print all dark and easily discerned. 3) Very fine overall. Creases at folds. Bright, dark ink on laid lined paper. 9-3/4″ x 7-5/8″. 53112-1 JS (20,000-25,000) – Lot 1362

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Auction: Firearms - Spring 2018

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	1362	$0.00	JEB STUART ARCHIVE INCLUDING HIS ORIGINAL PATENT MODEL AND PATENT FOR HIS FAMOUS SWORD HANGER. JEB Stuart is a household name and among the best known of all Confederate commanders. His cavalry exploits during the Civil War and his prior service on the Plains and Bleeding Kansas are well known among military historians. Few know, however, that JEB Stuart designed and patented an innovative sword hanger just prior to the war. This lot contains: 1) his orig submitted brass working model along with the orig patent office tag, patent number 25, 264 “J.E.B. STUART / METHOD OF ATTACHING / SABERS & BELTS / PATENTED OCT. 4TH / 1859”. 2) 16″ x 10-1/2″ printed circular describing the belt with full page drawing of the device, on verso full page ALS, Ft Riley, Kansas Territory, January 25, 1860 by Stuart to State of Virginia encouraging purchase of his device for state troops since the US government had adopted it. 3) 1-pg ALS from Stuart to Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, August 16, 1859 “I have the honor to submit herewith a manual for Stuart’s Sabre Attachment which I submitted to the Cavalry Board at Carlisle… J.E.B. Stuart 1st Lt. 1st Cav.”. James Ewell Brown Stuart (1833-1864) known to his friends as JEB, graduated from West Point in 1854. He was among the best American officers serving in Texas and Kansas with the US Army prior to the Civil War and was a participant in the capture of John Brown at Harper’s Ferry. He resigned his commission in the U.S. Army when the war began and distinguished himself in numerous battles. As Confederate commander, Stuart would be killed at the Battle of Yellow Tavern, May 12, 1864 at the age of 31 by a member of Custer’s Michigan Cavalry Brigade. Robert E. Lee now truly lost his eyes and ears for the Army of Northern Virginia. This is an incredible archive concerning the most iconic of American cavalry commanders, none better known than possibly George Armstrong Custer. It is amazing that Stuart’s patented sword hanger was rare during the Civil War but saw expanded used after the Civil War in the Indian Wars being manufactured at the Frankford Arsenal almost exactly in the same configuration he designed. PROVENANCE: Patent Model sold at auction by US Patent Office to O. Rundle Gilbert, Garrison, New York; Cliff Peterson, Beverly Hills, CA; Henry Truslow Collection, Sunbury, PA. CONDITION: 1) Fine overall as framed in 32″ x 24″ shadowbox. Brass hanger measures 5″ x 3″. The orig 3″ x 3″ patent card is also very good to fine with dark easily discerned text with light soiling. Frame also contains 7″ x 10″ printed US Patent Office description and drawing of patented device, along with a facsimile photograph of Stuart. 2) Cracked at folds with reductions at central folds, foxing, acid burn, paper brittle but otherwise complete and sound as professionally conserved. Scotch tape stains on same central fold darkening paper where tape removed. Chipping and brown edges at top and bottom barely effecting text. Stuart signature panel is fine. Ink and print all dark and easily discerned. 3) Very fine overall. Creases at folds. Bright, dark ink on laid lined paper. 9-3/4″ x 7-5/8″. 53112-1 JS (20,000-25,000) – Lot 1362 Click here to view provenance Auction: Firearms - Spring 2018 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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JEB STUART ARCHIVE INCLUDING HIS ORIGINAL PATENT MODEL AND PATENT FOR HIS FAMOUS SWORD HANGER.