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*AN HISTORIC FACTORY ENGRAVED .45 COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER, NO. 251774 FOR 1901, CARRIED BY TEXAS RANGER CAPTAIN JOHN R. HUGHES, THE "BORDER BOSS"
The sighted barrel with two-line Colt address, patent dated frame, engraved overall with bold scrolls on barrel, frame, and cylinder, star bursts on frame, and wavy-lines and dots on ejector rod housing and backstrap, mother-of-pearl grips
4¾ inch (12.1 cm.) barrel
Light grey patina overall, with wear to edges and showing evidence of old light cleaning, replaced grips
Together with extensive documentation regarding this revolver. A signed notorised letter from November 21st, 1965 from Lt. John M. Dennis (ret. Det. El Paso Police Dept.) discussing his acquisition of this revolver directly from Capt. John R. Hughes in the 1930s. It further notes that Hughes had said to Dennis that this revolver was given to him by the Texas Cattle Growers Association in 1905.
Another notorised letter from a Mr. Robert E. McNellis discussing the aquisition of this revolver from Capt. Dennis by McNellis' father in 1965. Together with the original carbon copy sales reciept from McNellis Camera Land on which is noted "1 Colt pistol/serial #251774/property of Capt. John Hughes/Texas Ranger", the receipt is signed by John M. Dennis. A copy of another letter written to a Mr. Joe Goodson from Robert E. McNellis also discusses this revolver in general.
A Colt Factory letter adressed to Emory A. Cantey, Jr. confirms revolvers configuration, with the exception of "Pearl Carved Buffalo Head" stocks. Shipped on December 22, 1903 to Walter Tips of Austin, Texas. Original finish was silver plate. A second Factory letter from MArch 15th, 2001 reiterates the above information.
Together with a copy of a magazine article from the Gun Report titled "Documenting The John R. Hughes Colt" written by Mr. Emory A. Cantey, Jr. and signed by the author "For Gaines from Emory A. Cantey, Jr."; a photograph of Lt. Dennis (used in the magazine article), with two reprint images; two reprint images of Capt. John R. Hughes; and five other letters written about this Colt, Capt. Hughes and Lt. Dennis and some miscellaneous papers, a letter addressed to Emory Cantey, Jr. from the Austin-Travis Public Library contains a copy of a page from the Austin city directory from 1903 showing Walter Tips, a wholesale hardware store owner and vice-president of Austin National Bank.
Accompanied by a Colt Factory letter dated March 15th, 2001, noting that this revolver
The sighted barrel with two-line Colt address, patent dated frame, engraved overall with bold scrolls on barrel, frame, and cylinder, star bursts on frame, and wavy-lines and dots on ejector rod housing and backstrap, mother-of-pearl grips
4¾ inch (12.1 cm.) barrel
Light grey patina overall, with wear to edges and showing evidence of old light cleaning, replaced grips
Together with extensive documentation regarding this revolver. A signed notorised letter from November 21st, 1965 from Lt. John M. Dennis (ret. Det. El Paso Police Dept.) discussing his acquisition of this revolver directly from Capt. John R. Hughes in the 1930s. It further notes that Hughes had said to Dennis that this revolver was given to him by the Texas Cattle Growers Association in 1905.
Another notorised letter from a Mr. Robert E. McNellis discussing the aquisition of this revolver from Capt. Dennis by McNellis' father in 1965. Together with the original carbon copy sales reciept from McNellis Camera Land on which is noted "1 Colt pistol/serial #251774/property of Capt. John Hughes/Texas Ranger", the receipt is signed by John M. Dennis. A copy of another letter written to a Mr. Joe Goodson from Robert E. McNellis also discusses this revolver in general.
A Colt Factory letter adressed to Emory A. Cantey, Jr. confirms revolvers configuration, with the exception of "Pearl Carved Buffalo Head" stocks. Shipped on December 22, 1903 to Walter Tips of Austin, Texas. Original finish was silver plate. A second Factory letter from MArch 15th, 2001 reiterates the above information.
Together with a copy of a magazine article from the Gun Report titled "Documenting The John R. Hughes Colt" written by Mr. Emory A. Cantey, Jr. and signed by the author "For Gaines from Emory A. Cantey, Jr."; a photograph of Lt. Dennis (used in the magazine article), with two reprint images; two reprint images of Capt. John R. Hughes; and five other letters written about this Colt, Capt. Hughes and Lt. Dennis and some miscellaneous papers, a letter addressed to Emory Cantey, Jr. from the Austin-Travis Public Library contains a copy of a page from the Austin city directory from 1903 showing Walter Tips, a wholesale hardware store owner and vice-president of Austin National Bank.
Accompanied by a Colt Factory letter dated March 15th, 2001, noting that this revolver
Provenance
Captain John R. Hughes
Lt. John M. Dennis
Robert E. McNellis
Joe Goodson
Emory A. Cantey, Jr.
Lt. John M. Dennis
Robert E. McNellis
Joe Goodson
Emory A. Cantey, Jr.
Literature
The Texas Ranger Annual, Volume III 1984, page 40.
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