Engraved Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver, c. 1851, serial number 5763 (all matching), walnut grips, silver-plated brass trigger guard and backstrap, engraved "J.H. Lane, Lawrence, Kt.," steel frame marked "COLTS/PATENT," engraved cylinder scene, and the top of the barrel marked "ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW.YORK CITY," barrel lg. 7 1/2, overall lg. 13 1/2 in. Note: James H. Lane fought in the Mexican War, and was a congressman from Indiana. He moved to the Kansas Territory in 1855, and was involved in the abolitionist movement. During the Civil War, he raised the "Kansas" brigade, and became a General in 1861. He was the target of the Lawrence Massacre, and after the war in 1866, he shot himself.
Engraved Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver, c. 1851, serial number 5763 (all matching), walnut grips, silver-plated brass trigger guard and backstrap, engraved "J.H. Lane, Lawrence, Kt.," steel frame marked "COLTS/PATENT," engraved cylinder scene, and the top of the barrel marked "ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW.YORK CITY," barrel lg. 7 1/2, overall lg. 13 1/2 in. Note: James H. Lane fought in the Mexican War, and was a congressman from Indiana. He moved to the Kansas Territory in 1855, and was involved in the abolitionist movement. During the Civil War, he raised the "Kansas" brigade, and became a General in 1861. He was the target of the Lawrence Massacre, and after the war in 1866, he shot himself.
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