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LOT 1034
Exceptional Early
Production Winchester
Model 1866 Lever Action
Carbine with Henry Patent Marked Barrel
and Presentation Inscription for D. Edwin
Hawley of New York from His Brother Henry
E. Hawley - Serial no. 16705, 44 Henry RF cal.,
20 inch bbl., blue finish, walnut stock. This is
an exceptional example of a Winchester Model
1866 carbine that was manufactured in 1868.
The carbine has the early Model 1866 features
which include: “HENRY’S-PATENT OCT.16.1860/
KING’S-PATENT-MARCH 29.1866” barrel markings,
receiver with flare at the forearm junction, single
upper tang screw, and crescent brass buttplate
with sharp heel. The left side plate is inscribed
“D. Edwin Hawley/New York/from H.E.H. Dec.25th
1868.” The carbine has an upper barrel band with
integral iron front sight blade, early threaded
magazine cap, second style two-position carbine
rear sight, staple-mounted saddle ring on the
left side of the receiver and hinged butt trap.
The butt trap contains a three-piece jointed steel
cleaning rod. The barrel, magazine tube and
barrel bands are blue. The hammer and lever are
casehardened and the loading gate is niter blue.
The straight grain walnut stock and forearm have
a varnish finish. The serial number is stamped on
the lower left side of the tang beneath the stock,
in the upper tang inlet of the stock, and on the
inside of the buttplate. All of the serial numbers
match. The assembly marks “CV” and the “W”
factory inspection mark are stamped on the left
side of the tang in front of the serial number.
The inscription indicates this carbine was
presented by Henry Eugene Hawley (1838-1899)
to his brother Daniel Edwin Hawley (1833-1922).
The latter is primarily listed in period sources as
D. Edwin Hawley.
They were sons of Irad (1793-1865) and Sarah
Hawley (1800-1891). Their father was a veteran
of the War of 1812, partner in Holmes, Hawley &
Co., the first president of the Pennsylvania Coal
Company, and a director of multiple railroads
including the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad.
He left behind a large estate to his family when
he died while abroad on a trip to Rome in 1865.
Elisha Judson Hawley (often known as E. Judson)
(1828-1915) and D. Edwin Hawley, remained in
the family’s fashionable brownstone with their
mother after their father’s death in 1865. The
family home served as a meeting place for the
First Ward Lord Industrial School of which D.
Edwin Hawley was the treasurer. He and Elisha
worked together in banking and commissions
until December 31, 1870, when they dissolved
their partnership. Edwin discovered that Judson
had skimmed hundred of thousands of dollars
from the family estate. The Hawley brothers were
also involved in the tea business, and D. Edwin
and younger brother Henry were also involved in
numerous civic and social organizations. Henry
graduated from Yale in 1860 and was involved in
the Children’s Aid Society, the Five Points House
of Industry, Downtown Association, Century
Association, and Union Club. In addition to
Carter, Hawley & Co., he became the president
and director of the Standard Asphalt Company
and a trustee of the Atlantic Mutual Insurance
Company.
D. Edwin Hawley appears to have focused much
of his time working for various social and civic
organizations, including the Metropolitan Fair
raising funds for the U.S. Sanitary Commission
during the Civil War, the Century Association, the
Manhattan Eye & Ear Hospital, National Academy
of Design, and Union League Club of New York.
He notably became a resident member of the
Union League Club in 1868.
The private club was founded in 1863 as part
of the effort of patriotic citizens to preserve the
Union and aid Union soldiers, including funding,
arming, and training the 20th U.S. Colored
Infantry. Its prominent and wealthy members
later helped established the Metropolitan
Museum of Art as well as raise funds for the
construction of Grant’s Tomb, the Abraham
Lincoln statue in Union Square, and the building
of the Statue of Liberty. The club’s members
over the years included fifteen U.S. presidents,
including Abraham Lincoln and Theodore
Roosevelt.
CONDITION: Extremely fine. The barrel,
magazine tube and barrel bands retain 85%
of the original blue finish. There is some finish
loss on the top of the barrel between the rear
sight and the receiver. The upper right side of
the barrel between the bands has several small
rough spots with extensive moderate pitting.
The Henry patent barrel markings are sharp.
The receiver and buttplate are excellent. The
brass has a very attractive untouched mustard
patina. The side plate joints are perfect. The
engraved presentation is crisp. The loading
gate retains 50% of the niter blue finish. The
hammer and loading lever have a brown patina
and strong traces of the original case colors.
The stock and forearm are very fine and retain
much of the original varnish finish with only very
minor handling and storage wear. Mechanically
excellent. This is an outstanding early Henry’s
Patent Winchester Model 1866 Carbine with early
features and rarely encountered presentation
inscription for a leading 19th century New Yorker
from his younger brother.
Provenance: The Joe Marlin Hilliard
Collection.
Estimate: 27,500 - 42,500
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