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A cartouche box is a cartridge box.
H. B. Gill
At 06:02 PM 5/10/2004 -0400, Bill Cross wrote:
> > Can someone tell me what the Cutfourh Box & Sword are (these were hard
> to read, and I may have transcribed wrong)
>
>I don't recognize the name, but normally an officer carried a sword and a
>pistol. The pistol required a box for powder and ball (or later, paper
>cartridges). This MIGHT be what you're talking about, and since the makers
>of accoutrements were many and varied, it may be your ancestor was
>specifying a particular item that is not familiar to me.
>
>Bill Cross
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