Morgan James Pistol for Auction
Published September 20th, 2008
A 19th-century percussion target pistol made by Morgan James, New York State gunsmith, will be sold at auction on Saturday, September 20, at Hesse Galleries in Otego, New York.
Other firearms will also be offered in the September 20 auction. One is a Colt 1850 patent five shot revolver inscribed “God save the Union” and “H.D. Eaton, Hartford, Conn.” It is an heirloom from the family of Horatio D. Eaton, who carried it in the Civil War where he was killed in action in May of 1864. There is also a nice Spencer carbine with a twenty inch barrel dated 1865 in the auction. Another Civil War piece is an important document pertaining to “Howell’s Battery M, 3rd New York Light Artillery, organized at Albany, New York, Jan. 1862″ printed and published by J.C. Fuller & Co., Baltimore, Maryland, in 1864.
Auction info www.hessegalleries.com
