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Marc Woodmansee to Horace Kephart, February 28, 1919, page 3

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Item 1 - Marc Woodmansee to Horace Kephart, February 28, 1919, page 1
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Marc Woodmansee to Horace Kephart, February 28, 1919, page 1

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Item 2 - Marc Woodmansee to Horace Kephart, February 28, 1919, page 2
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Marc Woodmansee to Horace Kephart, February 28, 1919, page 2

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Marc Woodmansee to Horace Kephart, February 28, 1919, page 3

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Item 4 - Marc Woodmansee to Horace Kephart, February 28, 1919, page 4
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Marc Woodmansee to Horace Kephart, February 28, 1919, page 4

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Item 5 - Marc Woodmansee to Horace Kephart, February 28, 1919, page 5
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Marc Woodmansee to Horace Kephart, February 28, 1919, page 5

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  • been held in New York or Boston since 1910. And have marked the steadily increasing price they bring - and this is especially true of the rare ones. And in this connection, anything you chance to run onto anything in the fire arms that you’d like to know what it would command in cash, why, ask me. I’ll be only to glad to look it up for you. And it sometimes pays to know. For instance, last fall I dropped into a second hand store, saw a Colt “Dragoon” premium revolver, (cut for shoulder slick) worth at least $50.00. Ones not cut for shoulder slick are worth $25.00 to $35.00. The store man said I know that these old civil war cap-ball revolvers are not worth over $2.00, but this one was left for me to sell at $4.00, so thats the price. And where do you suppose it is now. Sure, you’ve guessed it. In Harmers
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  • In a letter to Horace Kephart, written on February 28, 1919, Marc Woodmansee implores Kephart to visit both Mr. Harmer (mentioned in a previous correspondence) to see his vast pistol collection, and to visit Woodmansee himself to see his collection of Kentucky Rifles. Woodmansee is also adamant on taking a canoeing trip with Kephart, and offers his own canoeing equipment at Kephart's disposal. Woodmansee speaks extremely high of Mr. Harmer, as both a smart man, capable of finding his own faults, and as an expert in the field of firearms. He also mentions the death of another prominent firearm collector, Chas. M. Schott, whose collection was sold in New York at auction for $20,000. Woodmansee adds an anecdote on the lucrative nature of collecting historic firearms, in which he bought a second-hand dragoon pistol that was not complete for $4.00, and gave it to Mr. Harmer who had the remaining parts, marking up its value significantly. Lastly Woodmansee once again invites Kephart to visit.

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Horace Kephart

Background and Early Career Horace Kephart was born in 1862 in Pennsylvania, but spent much of his youth in Iowa. He went on to achieve success in two careers. Trained as a...

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