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Colt, Samuel (1814-1862) to Henry C. Deming

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02925.06 Author/Creator: Colt, Samuel (1814-1862) Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Letter signed Date: 6 April 1860 Pagination: 1 p. ; 21 x 13 cm. Order a Copy

Informs that he will gladly present his share of payment for a proposed compliment to a "most deserving friend Burr." Written to Deming as the Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut.

Colt was an American manufacturer who patented the Colt revolver in 1836.

Colt, Samuel, 1814-1862
Deming, Henry Champion, 1815-1872

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