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RARE & UNIQUE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA CONTRACT CONFEDERATE CAP WITH LABEL
02-22646
Pictured in Frederick R. Adolphus’s exemplary on-line text on Confederate Headgear & Uniforms, as probably the only surviving NC contract cap with maker’s label.
Circa 1861-1862, with interior paper label reading “Manufactured by WM. P. DENNY, HIGH POINT, N.C., size…price, “black jean cloth, cotton lining, tarred cotton sweatband with yellow and red paint decoration, two-piece leather visor, adjustable leather chinstrap secured by pierced mother-of-pearl side buttons. 4.5″ high; 4.75” diameter crown. Associated with the Lattimore family of Cleveland County, NC. Six Lattimore sons served the Confederacy; five of whom enlisted in 1861. Wm. P. Denny was paid $1.25 each for 577 “military caps” by state of North Carolina quartermaster in 5 invoiced amounts from Jan. 11, 1862 – March 6, 1862.UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: copy of 5 invoices for caps from NARA citizen files, copy of pertinent pages from Adolphus.
PROVENANCE: Lattimore family descendants consignment to Leland Little Auctions, lot 123, September 17, 2011; professionally conserved by Henry Cooke IV Costume Services.
