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AN HISTORIC CASED .31 ALLEN & THURBER PEPPERBOX, SERIAL No. 162
The cased revolver presented within its original varnished mahogany casing lined inside in maroon velour, partitioned into sections containing plunger-charger powder flask, walnut handled cleaning rod, iron bullet and ball mold and key.
[With]: EARLY, Jubal, Lt. General, C.S.A. A Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence in the Confederate States of America.. Toronto: By Lovell & Gibson, 1866. 8o. Contemporary quarter sheep and marbled boards. (Rubbed, upper cover and first signature detached but present.)PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION TO GENERAL PAYNE FROM EARLY, WITH EXTENSIVE ANNOTATIONS FROM PAYNE WITH HIS DIFFERING BATTLEFIELD ACCOUNTS.
"GENERAL PAYNE/WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF/J.A. EARLY/TORONTO C.W./JANY 10TH 1867" ON TITLE. MARGINAL COMMMENTARY ON EARLY'S ACCOUNTS OF BATTLE, TACTICS AND FIELD LIFE. SOME DIFFERENCES OF OPINION ON EVENTS BETWEEN THE TWO OFFICERS ARE MINOR, WHILE OTHER NOTES "CORRECT" EARLY ENTIRELY, MANY SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE ROMANTIC ASPECTS OF THE WANING DAYS OF THE CIVIL WAR, SHOWING THAT EARLY'S ARMY WAS STILL ABLE TO
COMBAT THE UNION TROOPS WITH GREAT ZEAL. AN INTERESTING FIRST-HAND
ACCOUNT OF THE END OF THE WAR IS GREATLY ENHANCED BY PAYNE'S FURTHER
INSIGHTS AND OPINIONS.
"I REGRET TO SEE GENERAL EARLY CLINGING TO THIS INSUFFICIENT EXCUSE FOR HIS DEFEAT - HE IS SOLDIER ENOUGH TO AFFORD TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OF IT - HISTORY WILL CONFIRM THE JUDGEMENT OF HIS ARMY THAT "THEY WON + HE LOST A VICTORY" BY HALTING" (BATTLE OF CEDAR CREEK).
DOCUMENTING THIS HISTORIC PEPPER-BOX AND BOOK IS AN ACCOMPANING NOTORISED LETTER. THE REVOLVER WAS GIVEN BY A GRAND-DAUGHTER OF A NEAR RELATIVE OF GENERAL PAYNE'S, RESIDING IN WASHINGTON D.C. IN 1918 TO HARRY TRYON. TRYON'S DAUGHTER GERTRUDE NOTES WITHIN THIS NOTORISED LETTER THAT THE "PEPPER-BOX" (IDENTIFIED BY SERIAL NUMBER "162"), A CANNON FUSE AND A "CONTEMPORARY PITURE (A C.D.V.) LABELED "INTERIOR OF FORT NEAR PETERSBURG, VA.""; A BOOK "A MEMOIR OF THE LAST YEAR OF THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE, IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA"
SOLD BY GERTRUDE TRYON TO REVEREND M.L. STEADMAN JR., THE PEPPER-BOX AND BOOK WERE SOLD AGAIN TO A WARREN LEE HIRST. THE SALE BEING DOCUMENTED ON THE REVERSE OF THE NOTORISED LETTER. A COPY OF THE OBITUARY OF REVEREND M.L. STEADMAN JR. ACCOMPANIES THIS LOT.
3½ INCH BARRELS
THOUGH SOME ORIGINAL BLUED FINISH ON THE FRAME HAS FLAKED OFF, THE PEPPER-BOX AND THE CASE ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE BOOK'S FRONT AND BACK COVERS ARE LOOSE, AND IT BEARS A LOSS TO THE SPINE.
The cased revolver presented within its original varnished mahogany casing lined inside in maroon velour, partitioned into sections containing plunger-charger powder flask, walnut handled cleaning rod, iron bullet and ball mold and key.
[With]: EARLY, Jubal, Lt. General, C.S.A. A Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence in the Confederate States of America.. Toronto: By Lovell & Gibson, 1866. 8
"GENERAL PAYNE/WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF/J.A. EARLY/TORONTO C.W./JANY 10TH 1867" ON TITLE. MARGINAL COMMMENTARY ON EARLY'S ACCOUNTS OF BATTLE, TACTICS AND FIELD LIFE. SOME DIFFERENCES OF OPINION ON EVENTS BETWEEN THE TWO OFFICERS ARE MINOR, WHILE OTHER NOTES "CORRECT" EARLY ENTIRELY, MANY SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE ROMANTIC ASPECTS OF THE WANING DAYS OF THE CIVIL WAR, SHOWING THAT EARLY'S ARMY WAS STILL ABLE TO
COMBAT THE UNION TROOPS WITH GREAT ZEAL. AN INTERESTING FIRST-HAND
ACCOUNT OF THE END OF THE WAR IS GREATLY ENHANCED BY PAYNE'S FURTHER
INSIGHTS AND OPINIONS.
"I REGRET TO SEE GENERAL EARLY CLINGING TO THIS INSUFFICIENT EXCUSE FOR HIS DEFEAT - HE IS SOLDIER ENOUGH TO AFFORD TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OF IT - HISTORY WILL CONFIRM THE JUDGEMENT OF HIS ARMY THAT "THEY WON + HE LOST A VICTORY" BY HALTING" (BATTLE OF CEDAR CREEK).
DOCUMENTING THIS HISTORIC PEPPER-BOX AND BOOK IS AN ACCOMPANING NOTORISED LETTER. THE REVOLVER WAS GIVEN BY A GRAND-DAUGHTER OF A NEAR RELATIVE OF GENERAL PAYNE'S, RESIDING IN WASHINGTON D.C. IN 1918 TO HARRY TRYON. TRYON'S DAUGHTER GERTRUDE NOTES WITHIN THIS NOTORISED LETTER THAT THE "PEPPER-BOX" (IDENTIFIED BY SERIAL NUMBER "162"), A CANNON FUSE AND A "CONTEMPORARY PITURE (A C.D.V.) LABELED "INTERIOR OF FORT NEAR PETERSBURG, VA.""; A BOOK "A MEMOIR OF THE LAST YEAR OF THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE, IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA"
SOLD BY GERTRUDE TRYON TO REVEREND M.L. STEADMAN JR., THE PEPPER-BOX AND BOOK WERE SOLD AGAIN TO A WARREN LEE HIRST. THE SALE BEING DOCUMENTED ON THE REVERSE OF THE NOTORISED LETTER. A COPY OF THE OBITUARY OF REVEREND M.L. STEADMAN JR. ACCOMPANIES THIS LOT.
3½ INCH BARRELS
THOUGH SOME ORIGINAL BLUED FINISH ON THE FRAME HAS FLAKED OFF, THE PEPPER-BOX AND THE CASE ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE BOOK'S FRONT AND BACK COVERS ARE LOOSE, AND IT BEARS A LOSS TO THE SPINE.