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Moore Teat Fire 6-shot revolver, period script inscribed "presented to Hon. Wm. F. Stearns" on backstrap, and "by C B Phillips" on inside of frame at gripping area. The barrel and cylinder show an old re-bluedfinish, the frame was lightly cleaned long ago, the grips are good, the gun is numbered G06. A documenting letter from a well known author and firearms expert, Lee Silva, is included, which in summary states WilliamFrench Stearns owned a prosperous mercantile store in Bombay, India, during the 1850s and '60s where he met Dr. David Livingstone. When Dr. Livingstone "disappeared" and Stanley found him, uttering the famous words"Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". At the time, many felt that the event was staged and that Stanley's letters that he brought back from Livingstone were forgeries. Stearns was one of the key witnesses who identifiedLivingstone's writings, which were finally accepted as genuine, mainly due to Stearns. William French, Stearns' father, was William Agustus Stearns, who was President of Amherst College in Massachusetts, Serial Number 20306
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1740 W. La Veta, Orange, California, 92868, United States
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