RARE LOCK AND KEY BY ELIJAH RICKARD, SHEPHERDSTOWN, VA

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This hasp of this screw pad lock bears the “ER” stamp Elijah Rickard (1795-1879,) the adopted son of its inventor, whitesmith Michael Rickard. Both Elijah and his own son, James, carried on the family business in Shepherdstown (Virginia, and then West Virginia.) The lock takes an internally threaded key that must be screwed into place to open it. The pattern proved popular as a railroad lock and those with Elijah’s “ER” mark and a specific railroad company’s stamp are specifically collected. As a lockmaker, however, Elijah also fabricated handcuffs and leg irons. It was a set of his manacles that reportedly shackled John Brown during his trial and confinement awaiting execution at Charles Town in 1859.   [sr] [ph:L]

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