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Series 3. Incoming Correspondence, 1836-1970

This series contains correspondence to Samuel Colt and to the Colt Company, 1836-1970, with the bulk of the letters covering up to 1890. The majority of the series is composed of orders and routine requests for catalogs, price lists, parts. The series also contains reports from agents in Europe and the United States. Requests for employment in Colt's new Armory are common in the early correspondence as are letters of a more personal nature from Samuel Colt's brother James. The series also contains a letter book of incoming correspondence from the Allies, 1873-1880. The Allies were a select group of arms dealers who, because of special araangements with the Colt Company, were insured of special prices and supplies. This letter book contains a copy of the Colt reply.

  1. Connecticut State Library, State Archives
  2. Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company records, 1810-1980
  3. Business File, 1826-1979

Series 3. Incoming Correspondence, 1865-1898 11 folders Box 37

Contains the correspondence addressed to the Gatling Gun Company in Hartford and includes the correspondence from Colt to the Gatling Gun Company. Also contained in this series are tests and reports on guns sent to the cmmpany.

  1. Connecticut State Library, State Archives
  2. Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company records, 1810-1980
  3. Business File, 1826-1979
  4. Subgroup 12. Gatling Gun Company, 1865-1900

Series 3. Orders 1 folder Box 28

Contains requests for arms and parts from all over Europe and Australia. The orders appear to have been submitted to Hartford where they were filled by the armory there. The London Armory was apparently just a go-between and maintained no stocks of their own.

  1. Connecticut State Library, State Archives
  2. Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company records, 1810-1980
  3. Business File, 1826-1979
  4. Subgroup 1. London Armory, circa 1840-1890

Series 4. Scrapbook 3 folders Box 28

Contains clippings from foreign newspapers, pasted in scrapbook pages. They concern arms in general and Colt arms in particular. They begin circa 1840, over ten years before the London Armory was established. The clippings can most likely be attributed to an enthusiastic early employee.

  1. Connecticut State Library, State Archives
  2. Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company records, 1810-1980
  3. Business File, 1826-1979
  4. Subgroup 1. London Armory, circa 1840-1890