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THBFirst Published News of the Death of Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker, New York Herald, November 1847
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The New York Herald. New York: James Gordon Bennett, November 13, 1847. Evening Edition. 4pp. 15.25 x 22 in.
The front page features what is considered the most important report breaking the news of the death of Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker (1817-1847), best known for working with Samuel Colt in designing the Walker Colt (or Whitneyville Walker Model of 1847), which is considered the rarest of all Colt military Walkers. Samuel Hamilton Walker was a Texas Ranger captain and military officer for the Republic of Texas and US Armies. He was killed in action during the Mexican War at the Battle of Huamantla in 1847 while holding his "Walker" Colt dragoon revolver.
The account of Captain Walker's death is included under the headlines "Additional Intelligence from Mexico," and describes the events leading up to the moment he was killed at Huamantla by "his personal antagonist in the charge, and who lanced him...a celebrated guerilla chief; it is said that he had sworn vengeance against Capt. W.[alker]. But he, too, fell in the conflict and by Walker's hands, receiving two balls from his revolver."
The date of this issue and the issue itself is viewed as the first published news of Walker's death, famously referred to by collectors as the "death issue."
Horizontal fold. Light corner and edgewear. Disbound.Condition
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