This is an exceptional example of a Winchester Model 1866 carbine that was manufactured in 1868. The carbine has the early Model 1866 features which include: "HENRY'S-PATENT OCT.16.1860/KING'S-PATENT-MARCH 29.1866" barrel markings, receiver with flare at the forearm junction, single upper tang screw, and crescent brass buttplate with sharp heel. The left side plate is inscribed "D. Edwin Hawley/New York/from H.E.H. Dec.25th 1868." The carbine has an upper barrel band with integral iron front sight blade, early threaded magazine cap, second style two-position carbine rear sight, staple-mounted saddle ring on the left side of the receiver and hinged butt trap. The butt trap contains a three-piece jointed steel cleaning rod. The barrel, magazine tube and barrel bands are blue. The hammer and lever are casehardened and the loading gate is niter blue. The straight grain walnut stock and forearm have a varnish finish. The serial number is stamped on the lower left side of the tang beneath the stock, in the upper tang inlet of the stock, and on the inside of the buttplate. All of the serial numbers match. The assembly marks "CV" and the "W" factory inspection mark are stamped on the left side of the tang in front of the serial number. The inscription indicates this carbine was presented by Henry Eugene Hawley (1838-1899) to his brother Daniel Edwin Hawley (1833-1922). The latter is primarily listed in period sources as D. Edwin Hawley. They were sons of Irad (1793-1865) and Sarah Hawley (1800-1891). Their father was a veteran of the War of 1812, partner in Holmes, Hawley & Co., the first president of the Pennsylvania Coal Company, and a director of multiple railroads including the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad. He left behind a large estate to his family when he died while abroad on a trip to Rome in 1865. Elisha Judson Hawley (often known as E. Judson) (1828-1915) and D. Edwin Hawley, remained in the family's fashionable brownstone with their mother after their father's death in 1865. The family home served as a meeting place for the First Ward Lord Industrial School of which D. Edwin Hawley was the treasurer. He and Elisha worked together in banking and commissions until December 31, 1870, when they dissolved their partnership. Edwin discovered that Judson had skimmed hundred of thousands of dollars from the family estate. The Hawley brothers were also involved in the tea business, and D. Edwin and younger brother Henry were also involved in numerous civic and social organizations. Henry graduated from Yale in 1860 and was involved in the Children's Aid Society, the Five Points House of Industry, Downtown Association, Century Association, and Union Club. In addition to Carter, Hawley & Co., he became the president and director of the Standard Asphalt Company and a trustee of the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company. D. Edwin Hawley appears to have focused much of his time working for various social and civic organizations, including the Metropolitan Fair raising funds for the U.S. Sanitary Commission during the Civil War, the Century Association, the Manhattan Eye & Ear Hospital, National Academy of Design, and Union League Club of New York. He notably became a resident member of the Union League Club in 1868. The private club was founded in 1863 as part of the effort of patriotic citizens to preserve the Union and aid Union soldiers, including funding, arming, and training the 20th U.S. Colored Infantry. Its prominent and wealthy members later helped established the Metropolitan Museum of Art as well as raise funds for the construction of Grant's Tomb, the Abraham Lincoln statue in Union Square, and the building of the Statue of Liberty. The club's members over the years included fifteen U.S. presidents, including Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Provenance: The Joe Marlin Hilliard Collection

Extremely fine. The barrel, magazine tube and barrel bands retain 85% of the original blue finish. There is some finish loss on the top of the barrel between the rear sight and the receiver. The upper right side of the barrel between the bands has several small rough spots with extensive moderate pitting. The Henry patent barrel markings are sharp. The receiver and buttplate are excellent. The brass has a very attractive untouched mustard patina. The side plate joints are perfect. The engraved presentation is crisp. The loading gate retains 50% of the niter blue finish. The hammer and loading lever have a brown patina and strong traces of the original case colors. The stock and forearm are very fine and retain much of the original varnish finish with only very minor handling and storage wear. Mechanically excellent. This is an outstanding early Henry's Patent Winchester Model 1866 Carbine with early features and rarely encountered presentation inscription for a leading 19th century New Yorker from his younger brother.