INSCRIBED SMITH & WESSON #1 SECOND ISSUE REVOLVER OF BREVET MAJOR GENERAL LANGDON EASTON.

INSCRIBED SMITH & WESSON #1 SECOND ISSUE REVOLVER OF BREVET MAJOR GENERAL LANGDON EASTON. SN 12997. This is a fine little cased 22 Smith & Wesson revolver inscribed in its ivory grips “Maj. Langdon Easton”. Easton was a lifelong military man graduating from West Point in 1838. He was in the quartermaster department before the war and after. During the Civil War he was William Tecumseh Sherman’s Quartermaster and had the daunting task of keeping Sherman’s army equipped so deep in the South during the Atlanta Campaign. Also included is an orig ambrotype image of Easton in civilian dress; a pr. of silver cuff links inscribed with “L.” & “E.” Accompanying this gun are three original CDVs one of which is signed and nine original Quartermaster documents and letters signed by Easton from late 1863 to 1864 through the Atlanta Campaign. There is a large portfolio of research material in addition to these original items and a copy of a book concerning the army in the West where Easton is mentioned titled Sentinel of the Plains: Fort Leavenworth and the American West by George Walton First Edition 1973. The gun has matching assembly numbers, and the SN is written in old pencil on inside of ivory grip. PROVENANCE: Marlan Polhemus Collection. CONDITION: Bbl and cyl retain tiny traces of blue finish with staining and pitting and balance of metal brown/gray. Silver plated frame retains most of its original silver that is patinaed gray over all. Ivory stocks are well fit with one hairline crack and good patina. Inscription easily read. Mechanically gun functions with good discernible rifling in bore. CDVs are very good. Eight of nine documents are fine with one, dated July 5, 1864 Marietta, GA, water stained, soiled, and foxed. Accompanying post-market casing has new blue felt and a good green labeled cartridge box, UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. with label showing S&W 1st Model 2nd Issue, which is empty and missing one flap and reduction to label in left corner as can be seen in photos. 4-48743 JS81 (5,000-7,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2013

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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	2214	$4,140.00	INSCRIBED SMITH & WESSON #1 SECOND ISSUE REVOLVER OF BREVET MAJOR GENERAL LANGDON EASTON. SN 12997. This is a fine little cased 22 Smith & Wesson revolver inscribed in its ivory grips “Maj. Langdon Easton”. Easton was a lifelong military man graduating from West Point in 1838. He was in the quartermaster department before the war and after. During the Civil War he was William Tecumseh Sherman’s Quartermaster and had the daunting task of keeping Sherman’s army equipped so deep in the South during the Atlanta Campaign. Also included is an orig ambrotype image of Easton in civilian dress; a pr. of silver cuff links inscribed with “L.” & “E.” Accompanying this gun are three original CDVs one of which is signed and nine original Quartermaster documents and letters signed by Easton from late 1863 to 1864 through the Atlanta Campaign. There is a large portfolio of research material in addition to these original items and a copy of a book concerning the army in the West where Easton is mentioned titled Sentinel of the Plains: Fort Leavenworth and the American West by George Walton First Edition 1973. The gun has matching assembly numbers, and the SN is written in old pencil on inside of ivory grip. PROVENANCE: Marlan Polhemus Collection. CONDITION: Bbl and cyl retain tiny traces of blue finish with staining and pitting and balance of metal brown/gray. Silver plated frame retains most of its original silver that is patinaed gray over all. Ivory stocks are well fit with one hairline crack and good patina. Inscription easily read. Mechanically gun functions with good discernible rifling in bore. CDVs are very good. Eight of nine documents are fine with one, dated July 5, 1864 Marietta, GA, water stained, soiled, and foxed. Accompanying post-market casing has new blue felt and a good green labeled cartridge box, UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. with label showing S&W 1st Model 2nd Issue, which is empty and missing one flap and reduction to label in left corner as can be seen in photos. 4-48743 JS81 (5,000-7,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2013 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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