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Offline Shreckmeister

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Help with signature ID
« on: August 04, 2011, 07:46:45 PM »
Does anyone know whose signature this is or what that last letter is?
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Re: Help with signature ID
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2011, 11:06:40 PM »
I think it looks like   W P + S   Make any sense?
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Offline Shovelbuck

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Re: Help with signature ID
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2011, 11:27:37 PM »
I messed around with the pic a little, maybe this will help?

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Re: Help with signature ID
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2011, 11:50:20 PM »
Nice Work!  Thanks!
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Re: Help with signature ID
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2011, 03:19:10 AM »
Suzkat,
WBS? William B. Stapleton son of James Stapleton? Huntingdon County? Just a shot in the dark. He was pretty late, 1880's.
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Re: Help with signature ID
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2011, 05:19:11 AM »
Could be.  I've seen a similar treatment around a signature on
another Huntington rifle.
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