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First lead seal

stetam

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My first ever found while hunting the roadside around my house. Pennsylvania and Reading Railroad on the front, H D Mears Baltimore patent 1857 on the back. Here is all I could find on H D Mears and not sure if it is one in the same.

Steve

H. D. Mears

H. D. Mears, also known as Mears and Meares, and not infrequently confused in Union dispatches with the Mars, was built in 1860 at Wheeling, Va. She was among the Confederate steamers active in western waters through August 1863 when the Confederates scuttled her in the Sunflower River to escape capture by Porter's forces.
 

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Neat... Every time I think I have found a lead seal it ends up being one of those dang lead roofing nail heads, at least that's what I think they are
 
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