Excerpt from The Collection of Arms, Formed by the Late Russell Hopkins, Tarrytown, N. Y: Comprising Examples of the Revolutionary and Civil War Periods; European Late Xviiith and Early Xixth Centuries; Oriental and Filipino Swords, Daggers, Spears, Knives, &C
One knuckleduster revolver, 22 calibre; the other, all metal derringer. (2)
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