255. Signed N. Rowe (Nathaniel Rowe of Emmitsburg, MD) – 45 Cal. Percussion Long Rifle – w/43” Octagon Barrel w/Blade Front & Notch Rear Sights – Brown Finish – w/Straight Grip Full Wood Stock w/Crescent Metal Butt Plate & Brass Mountings – w/Light Carving on Both Sides of the Butt Stock – “N. Rowe” Signed in Script on Top Barrel Flat – w/Joseph Golcher Percussion Lock – Nathaniel Rowe Was Born August 8, 1821, He Moved to Emmitsburg at 16 & Apprenticed Under John Armstrong to Learn Gunsmithing – He Died April 10th, 1915
