Massachusetts Arms Co. Adams Patent Pocket Revolver presented to Frank E. Brownell
date: label: date made
content: ca 1861
name: label: patentee
content: Adams, Douglass
label: associated person
content: Brownell, Frank E.
label: maker
content: Massachusetts Arms Company
notes: label: Description
content: This .31 caliber Adams Patent Pocket Revolver was engraved for presentation to Frank Brownell by the New York Board of Brokers on May 29, 1861. Brownell became something of a celebrity as the avenger of Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth, who was killed at the Marshall House hotel in Alexandria, VA, on May 24, 1861.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts
topic: label: web subject
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: Firearms
label: related event
content: Civil War
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Frank E. Brownell
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Frank E. Brownell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.6970
label: catalog number
content: 6970
label: accession number
content: 30411
label: serial number
content: 386
objectType: label: Object Name
content: revolver
label: Object Name
content: revolver, percussion
label: Other Terms
content: revolver; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .32 In; Rifled; Muzzle Load; 2B; Da
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 3/4 in x 4 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 19.685 cm x 10.795 cm x 3.175 cm