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November 22, 2025: Fall Premier Americana: Day Three

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  • Virginia
Lot 2088

MCGUIRE'S SCHOOL, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA SILVER REWARD OF MERIT

Estimate: $200 - $300
Current Bid
$100

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$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
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$30,000 $2,500
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$100,000 $10,000

MCGUIRE'S SCHOOL, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA SILVER REWARD OF MERIT, round form, one side engraved "McGuire's / School / 1869.", the reverse engraved "Edwd. Tinsley. / for / Conduct", having attached jump ring. Unmarked, of unknown silver fineness, but possibly coin. Total weight: 0.470 ozt. Circa 1869. 1 1/2" D without jump ring.
Catalogue Note: John Peyton McGuire, Jr. was born on September 30, 1836, in Elmwood, Essex Co., VA, to parents Rev. John Peyton McGuire (1800-1869) and Maria Mercer Garnett (1808-1841). He was educated at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, VA and the University of Virginia, and he worked as a high school instructor between 1856 and 1861. Just before the war in 1860, John married Clara Forsyth Mason (1840-1877), and they eventually had three children, John Peyton III, Clara Forsyth, and Murray Mason.
During the Civil War, John served as a private, a clerk in the War Department, an instructor at the Confederate Naval School, and lastly a lieutenant in the Confederate States Navy, but he saw little action due to ill health. Just five months after the surrender at Appomattox, he founded McGuire's University School in Richmond, VA, which would become a prestigious institution for the new generation of Southern boys. The education and skills taught at the school prepared students for the best colleges and universities in the country. John Peyton McGuire served as the school's head until his death on April 30, 1906, and is buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond. His son, John Peyton McGuire, III, succeeded as principal at the school.
Edward C. Tinsley (1857-1904) was a well-known Richmond businessman who was engaged in the furniture business from the 1890s until his death. He is buried in the Shockoe Hill Cemetery in Richmond.

Condition

Excellent condition. 

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