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Paymaster safe


This paymaster’s safe was used by David Gribben during his service in the United States Army. Gribben was appointed from New York as a major, and paymaster, and volunteered on October 20, 1864. The safe, consisting of green painted metal panels with handles on either side and a large, heavy lock at the top, was manufactured by Herring & Company, New York.


Division of the History of Technology, Armed Forces History
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Behring Center
Gift of Mrs. Louise Smith

 

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