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Shotgun shells, centee-fire, exteenally pbimed — Continued 



*3. 12-gauge, high-base, brass, paper missing. "Leader," manufactured by 



Winchester, probably after 1900, for smokeless powder loads. 



Catalogue Nos. : 1129, 1476/1 Total 2 



*4. 12-gauge, low-base, brass, paper missing. "Sure Shot," manufactured 



by Western Cartridge Co., probably after 1900. 

 *5. 12-gauge, low-base, brass, paper missing. "New Club," manufactured 



Catalogue No.: 1662 Total 1 



by Remington-Union Metallic Cartridge Co, after 1902. 



Catalogue Nos. : 772, 1355/1 Total 2 



*6. 12-gauge, high-base, brass, paper missing. "Nitro Club," manufactured 



by Remington-Union Metallic Cartridge Co. after 1902 for smokeless 



powder load. 



Catalogue Nos.: 1S55/2, 1355/3 Total 2 



*7. 10-gauge, low-base, brass, paper missing. "Climax," marking in 



sunken channel with raised letters. Manufactured by United States 



Cartridge Co. ca. 1900. 



Catalogue No. : 1476/3 Total 1 



*8. 10-gage, low-base, brass, paper missing. "Climax." Marking in 



sunken letters on flat base. Manufactured by United States Cartridge 



Co., probably after 1900. 



Catalogue No. : 1272 Total 1 



Bullets : 



1. .45-caliber conical bullet, lead, for .45 Government cartridges as listed 

 above, ca. 1873-1900. 



Catalogue No.: 1883 Total 1 



2. .50-caliber conical bullet, lead, for .50 Government cartridges as listed 

 above, ca. 1866-1880. 



Catalogue No.: 547 Total 1 



3. .58-caliber conical bullet, lead. Mini6 ball for use in Civil War rifle 

 muskets. Models 1855, 1861, 1863, and 1864. Perforated with two 

 holes for suspension as a fishing sinker or as an ornament. Last 

 made in 1865. 



Catalogue No.: 959 (illustrated pi. 20, /) Total 1 



4. .58-caliber conical bullet, lead, zinc plug in base, tinned sheet-metal 

 disk between. Used to shoot out the fouling in muskets listed under 

 No. 3 above, and made ca. 1861-1865. 



Catalogue No.: 343 (illustrated pi. 20, e) Total 1 



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Bent, Charles. 



1877. History of Whiteside County, Illinois. Morrison, 111. (Reference 

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 Chittenden, Hiram Martin. 



1954. The American fur trade in the Far West. Ed. by Grace Lee Nute. 

 2 vols. Stanford, Calif. (Original ed., 3 vols. New York, 1902.) 

 FuESS, Claude M. 



1930. Article "Timothy Dexter (1747-1806)." In Dictionary of American 

 Biography, vol. 5, pp. 281-282. New York. 



GiDIEON, SiGFBIED. 



1949. Space, time and architecture; the growth of a new tradition. 8th 

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