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Fenian rifle used in failed invasion of Canada to be auctioned in U.S.
Randy Boswell
CanWest News Service
March 17, 2005
Its owner had dreamed of a liberated Ireland and perhaps even an Irish-controlled Canada. But the rare antique rifle -- carried by a renegade American Irishman 140 years ago during the failed Fenian invasion of Canada -- was instead seized by the defenders of British North America and is now set to be auctioned in the U.S. The battered rifle, the highlight of next month's sale of vintage firearms by Bonhams and Butterfields of San Francisco, is expected to fetch $12,000 because of its association with the famous episode from Canadian history. The lever-action Henry model, manufactured in 1860 pre-dates the classic Winchester of frontier-era America.
http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=f1c2aa85-df2c-4131-b1d6-c0cd2aa52c26
any takers?
Randy Boswell
CanWest News Service
March 17, 2005
Its owner had dreamed of a liberated Ireland and perhaps even an Irish-controlled Canada. But the rare antique rifle -- carried by a renegade American Irishman 140 years ago during the failed Fenian invasion of Canada -- was instead seized by the defenders of British North America and is now set to be auctioned in the U.S. The battered rifle, the highlight of next month's sale of vintage firearms by Bonhams and Butterfields of San Francisco, is expected to fetch $12,000 because of its association with the famous episode from Canadian history. The lever-action Henry model, manufactured in 1860 pre-dates the classic Winchester of frontier-era America.
http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=f1c2aa85-df2c-4131-b1d6-c0cd2aa52c26
any takers?
