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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RLM Stamps, post: 3746287, member: 18784&quot;]These items came from my great, great, grandfather Levi Lyman Burdon. </p><p><br /></p><p>My middle name is Lyman. This is the story! </p><p><br /></p><p>1. Colt Serial # 21287. Pat. Sept. 10th, 1850. Year of Manufacture 1863 Model 1862 Police and Pocket Pistol of Navy Caliber (.36) all matching #&#039;s. appears to have retained most of its blue patina. 2. Original holster. It has &quot;Lieut. Levi L. Burdon 5th Regimen Rhode Island Volunteers &quot; branded or stamped into the inside. 3. Three boxes, of which 2 are unopened, 3rd has 5/6 cartridges of &quot;Whitney&#039;s or Colt&#039;s Navy Pistol 36-100 Caliber&quot;. 4. Three round tins/containers of which 2 are unopened. 3rd has 52 caps. &quot;The Union Metallic Cartridge Co. F.G. Trademark, Trimmed Edge Foil Lined Percussion Caps. 5. One Powder Flask with the American Eagle, 2 rifles and 13 Stars on both sides. 6. One Bullet Mold with Colts .36P stamped into its body. 7. 12 Civil War Buttons/ Pins. 8. One Shoehorn/ Bootlace pull in leather case. Top of case has a tear. 9. One tintype/daguerreotype photograph of my great-great grandfather Levi L. Burdon of Providence, Rhode Island, in his uniform. He served as Second Lieutenant, 5th Regiment, Rhode Island Heavy Artillery. The copper-edged frame is stamped &quot;Scoville Mfg. Co. Waterbury Conn.&quot; - however I cannot make out the other markings. After the war Levi L. Burdon was a jewelry manufacturer and inventor. According to The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, a Jewelry Manufactures Journal, he invented a process of making seamless gold wire that the industry thought was impossible to achieve. His Company, Burdon Seamless Wire became world renowned. They were refining 5,000 ounces of gold per day. He had to travel to Canada and Europe to protect his patents on the machinery he invented. Levi was the President of the Rhode Island Volunteer Auxiliary. His obituary speaks of, at the meetings he would entertain the men by singing &quot;The Sword of Bunker Hill&quot;. I am not sure how many, if any of these items were in the Civil War. If I identified the pistol correctly, I would assume that since Levi was mustered out of the war in 1862 and the pistol was manufactured in 1863, that it was obtained after the war. They have been in my family for approximately 160 years. The pistol has been stored in a wool sock.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any advice regarding value or selling this collection would be appreciated!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]314342[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]314343[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]314344[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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