Name/Title
Charles Hummel [Receipt]Description
Partially printed Charles Humel receipt for fifty loaded shells and the cleaning of a double barrel shotgun:
"SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS Dec 3rd 1878
Menger Hotel
BOUGHT OF CHARLES HUMMEL, / DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF / FIRE ARMS AND AMMUNITION, / BREECH AND MUZZLE LOADING SHOT GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS AND ALL KINDS OF SPORTING ARTICLES. /
Terms: Commerce Street, Opposite Schmitt's Hotel
50 loaded shells 2.00
cleaning dble gun .75
$2.75
Recd Payment
C Hummel & Son"Context
Charles Humel was a was well known Colt dealer in early Texas, supplying Dragoons, Army & Navy Models, and Single Action Army pistols to many famous personalities - Ben Thompson testifies he bought cartridges there to kill Jack Harris.