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J. Stackpole to W. W. Austin, Feb 19, 1878 or '48

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J. Stackpole to W. W. Austin, Feb 19, 1878 or '48
J. Stackpole to W. W. Austin, Feb 19, 1878 or '48
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Cane/Walking Stick
Materials: Cocobolo wood, whale ivory, silver
Construction: Turned
Date: 1848 or 1878
Description: Presentation cane inscribed J. Stackpole to W. W. Austin, Feb. 19, 1878. Likely William W. Austin, harbor pilot, Savannah, Georgia and Confederate States of America, pilot, captured CSS Atlanta.Made from Central American cocobolo wood with a whale ivory knop measuring a full 1.5 " diameter and a 2.5" steel ferrule.
Provenance: MA. estate
Size: L. 34" x W. 1.5"
Weight: 14 ounces
Condition: Rust on tip, light age checking to ivory.Meta: scrimshaw, whaler's, naval, nautical, Confederate,
History: Adjutant-General T.B. Roy concerning pilot W.W. Austin and the placement and use of the ironclad battery Georgia; and pilots Austin, James Ferguson, and T.N. Philpot and themovements of the ironclad Savannah and gunboat Macon, all during Gen. William T.Sherman’s investment of Savannah, in ORN, I, 16, pp. 467-68, 469, 473-5. For a moderntake on the subject—“Any order[s] he gives are construed as orders coming from the masterof the vessel...” see Ralph Price, “Savannah Pilots: Part of River History,” in Savannah: Port City Magazine vol. 10, no. 1 (July/August, 1978), p. 32.
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J. Stackpole to W. W. Austin, Feb 19, 1878 or '48

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