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![[CIVIL WAR] Mass. Adjt.-Genl. William Schouler Presentation Silver Snuff Box](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/xl/2908/29084451.jpeg?t=1TuQFU)
Lot 427
[CIVIL WAR] Mass. Adjt.-Genl. William Schouler Presentation Silver Snuff Box
Estimate: $250 - $500
Sold for
$275
Sold Price excludes BP
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Silver snuff box. American. 19th century. Upper lid cartouche engraved "J.W.J. and C.H.T. to Gen. Schouler".
WITH Framed reproduction portrait of Schouler.
A fine silver snuff box with a presentation engraving to William Schouler (1814-1872), a newspaperman and politician. He embarked on a political career, serving as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from Lowell, but failed to gain re-election after he attempted labor reforms following an investigation into the harsh working conditions in Lowell mills. Upon moving to Boston in 1848, he rejoined the Massachusetts House and was a delegate at the 1853 Massachusetts State Constitutional Convention. The same year, he moved to Ohio and, two years later, was appointed Adjutant-General of Ohio by Salmon P. Chase. He returned to Boston in 1858 and was appointed Adjutant-General of Massachusetts in 1860, remaining in the position throughout the war until 1867.
In addition to his political career, he was the editor of various newspapers, owning several, including the Lowell Courier (Massachusetts), the Atlas (Boston), the Cincinnati Gazette, and the Ohio State Journal.
[Civil War, Union, Confederate] [Americana, Silver, Decorative Arts, Ephemera, Relics]
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