Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver
Object Number:
1916.17a
Date:
1849-1860
Medium:
Steel, wood, brass, silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 in. ( 22.9 cm )
Part (barrel): 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Marks:
stamped: left frame: "COLTS/PATENT"; bottom frame: "105181"
stamped: barrel: "ADDRESS COL SAML COLT/NEW YORK CITY"
stamped: butt: "105181/H"; trigger guard: "105181"
stamped: cylinder: "COLTS PATENT/NO. 29517"
stamped: backstrap: "Lt. Philip Schuyler
Description:
Steel, wood, brass, and silver revolver; small brass silver-plated trigger guard and gripstraps; roll-engraved stagecoach holdup scene on cylinder; stamped marks on buttstrap, trigger guard, frame, cylinder, backstrap, and barrel.
Gallery Label:
This revolver belonged to Philip Schuyler, Jr., a Lieutenant in the U.S. 14th Infantry during the Civil War.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ms. Louise Lee Schuyler and Ms. Georgina Schuyler
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
