FooserPaul
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I posted these cufflinks on Mar 13, 2011 when I unearthed then from the Boston area... Umrgolf PM'd me some cleaning instructions and kept nudging me to clean them and repost... I finally did yesterday and the banner votes are flying in...
They are dating them 1850-1860 and a Federal Revenue Cutter item has never been posted to their knowledge... 1850's-1860's D. Evans & Co Made from their Extra 14MM buttons...
http://relicman.com/buttons/zArchiveButtonFedGovRevenueCutter.htm
wikipedia quotes
"The United States Revenue Cutter Service was established by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in 1790 as an armed maritime law enforcement service. Throughout its entire existence the Revenue Cutter Service operated under the authority of the United States Department of the Treasury. In 1915 the Service merged with the United States Life-Saving Service to form the United States Coast Guard."
Civil War-
"Revenue Cutters assisted Navy operations throughout the war. The USRC Harriet Lane joined a Federal naval squadron to capture Forts Clark and Hatteras, which served as bases for Confederate blockade runners. USRC E.A. Stevens, a prototype 110-foot semi-submersible ironclad gunboat, participated in the unsuccessful sortie up the James River to Drewry's Bluff in company with the USS Monitor, USS Galena and two other gunboats, to attack the Confederate capital at Richmond. After carrying President Lincoln from Washington on May 9, 1862, the USRC Miami assisted navy transports in landing Federal troops at Ocean View, Virginia.
President Abraham Lincoln ordered the Secretary of the Treasury on June 14, 1863, "You will co-operate by the revenue cutters under your direction with the navy in arresting rebel depredations on American commerce and transportation and in capturing rebels engaged therein."
When Lincoln was assassinated on April 15, 1865, Revenue Cutters were ordered to search all ships for any assassins that might be trying to escape."
Here is the Treasurenet Link: http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,389857.0.html
Updated pictures:
Happy Hunting all!
Paul
They are dating them 1850-1860 and a Federal Revenue Cutter item has never been posted to their knowledge... 1850's-1860's D. Evans & Co Made from their Extra 14MM buttons...
http://relicman.com/buttons/zArchiveButtonFedGovRevenueCutter.htm
wikipedia quotes
"The United States Revenue Cutter Service was established by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in 1790 as an armed maritime law enforcement service. Throughout its entire existence the Revenue Cutter Service operated under the authority of the United States Department of the Treasury. In 1915 the Service merged with the United States Life-Saving Service to form the United States Coast Guard."
Civil War-
"Revenue Cutters assisted Navy operations throughout the war. The USRC Harriet Lane joined a Federal naval squadron to capture Forts Clark and Hatteras, which served as bases for Confederate blockade runners. USRC E.A. Stevens, a prototype 110-foot semi-submersible ironclad gunboat, participated in the unsuccessful sortie up the James River to Drewry's Bluff in company with the USS Monitor, USS Galena and two other gunboats, to attack the Confederate capital at Richmond. After carrying President Lincoln from Washington on May 9, 1862, the USRC Miami assisted navy transports in landing Federal troops at Ocean View, Virginia.
President Abraham Lincoln ordered the Secretary of the Treasury on June 14, 1863, "You will co-operate by the revenue cutters under your direction with the navy in arresting rebel depredations on American commerce and transportation and in capturing rebels engaged therein."
When Lincoln was assassinated on April 15, 1865, Revenue Cutters were ordered to search all ships for any assassins that might be trying to escape."
Here is the Treasurenet Link: http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,389857.0.html
Updated pictures:
Happy Hunting all!
Paul