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	Connecticut's Heritage Gateway
		Colt and their son Caldwell controlled, was valued at $15,000,000—an enormous sum in those days—giving Elizabeth an income of $200,000 a year for life.
		Colonel Samuel Colt had adopted as his motto Vincit qui patitur, "He conquers who suffers." But a better-fitting key to his character is found in a remark he once wrote to his half-brother William: "'It is better to be at the head of a louse than at the tail of a lyon!'...
		Colt was not above using bribery and was unashamed of profiteering; he seldom reflected on the moral implications of dealing in weapons of death and destruction.
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	Samuel Colt - LoveToKnow 1911
		SAMUEL COLT (1814-1862), American inventor, was born on the 19th of July 1814 at Hartford, Connecticut, where his father had a manufactory of silks and woollens.
		Colt's scheme, however, did not succeed; the arms were not generally appreciated; and in 1842 the company became insolvent.
		Colt introduced and patented a number of improvements in his revolver, and also invented a submarine battery for harbour defence.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Samuel_Colt (424 words)

	Samuel Colt - People of Connecticut
		Whatever the inspiration was, Samuel Colt did invent the revolver, which transformed a firearm from a single-shot device to a multiple-shot device.
		Colt was able to fulfill the government's request and it was the boost he needed to focus on firearms again.
		Colt firearms were known for their high quality and dependability, and Samuel Colt became a very wealthy man.
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	Samuel Colt Summary
		Samuel Colt was born in Hartford, Conn., the son of a prosperous cotton and woolen manufacturer.
		Samuel Colt (July 19, 1814 – January 10, 1862), born in Hartford, Connecticut, was the inventor of the Colt revolver, and founder of the Colt Firearms company.
		Colt's new factory was based upon the American system of manufacturing he observed at Whitney's plant, but Colt advanced this system to create what would be recognized as the first industrialized firearm factory in the world.
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	ColonelColtsPlantation
		Samuel Colt moved to Hartford to build a factory and create a myth.
		While he was experimenting with the design, Colt made a living by demonstrating nitrous oxide (laughing gas) in performances around the country, much the way traveling salesmen peddled miracle cures.
		Colt met the demand for weapons by forcing his employees to work overtime and on Sundays, a move that scandalized even his supporters.
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		Colt insisted that the horses wear blankets for protection from the cold winter wind that blew off Narragansett Bay and across the exposed fields and roads of the farm.
		Colonel Samuel Colt died of a stroke in 1921.
		His son, Russell Colt, received the right to live on the farm rent free, with the provision that it not be sold and that it be kept open to the public.
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		The C.O.L.T. Project is a program dedicated to the technological advancement with reference to history and CAPT preparation of freshman and sophmore high school students in the Hartford region of Connecticut through the Hartford Public Library.
		Samuel Colt was an American industrialist and entrepreneur born in 1814.
		For example, the historic Church of the Good Sheperd was donated and built because of his wife's longing to never allow Samuel Colt's memory to be forgotten, because of her will the church is a landmark in the history of Hartford.
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	Colt Weapon Systems
		Colt, Hartford's unabashed sales promoter, raised the distinctive onion-shaped dome, topped with a cast-bronze rampant colt, over his factory, thereby assuring that every Hartford resident and visitor who saw the dome would ask about it and hear the Colt success story.
		Following Sam Colt's death,control of the company remained in the hands of his widow and her family until 1901, when the company was sold to a group of investors.
		Colt was generally profitable for its shareholders and continued to pay a dividend each year, even at the height of the Great Depression when earnings were near zero.
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	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Colt,
		colt, applied to the young of the ass and the camel; of obscure orig.
		The other colt single actions: such a popular revolver was bound to have many variations.
		COLT Telecom Group plc Results for the three months to 31 March 1997.
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	Samuel Colt Biography (Inventor) — FactMonster.com
		Samuel Colt created the 19th-century handgun, and the successful gun company, which bore his name.
		Colt was 16 years old and sailing on a ship to India when he carved a model of a single-barrelled pistol with automatically revolving chambers.
		Samuel Colt - Biography of Samuel Colt, Inventor of the Colt revolver
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	Who Made America? \| Innovators \| Samuel Colt
		The Colt revolver was a godsend to Western settlers -- and the ultimate threat to Plains Indians.
		In the nineteenth century, Sam Colt's name was synonymous with his revolving-breech pistol, a weapon that was said to have "won the West." The second youngest of seven children, Colt was born in Hartford, Connecticut on July 19, 1814.
		Colt received a boost in sales during the Texas Revolution and the Mexican American War.
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	Research Guide to Materials Relating to Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company in the Connecticut State Library, ...
		By 1855, Colt was back in Hartford with a new factory along the banks of the Connecticut River in an area known as the South Meadows.
		In Memoriam: Samuel Colt and Caldwell Hart Colt.
		Samuel Colt, in which she agrees to call on her and meet her at the Newport Historical Society...July 1, 1895] [CSL call number Main Vault 920 T46].
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	Colt's Manufacturing Company, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Colt Archive Letters can finally provide descriptive details about custom engraving and other special features that will ensure the value of the firearm for future generations to treasure.
		His name was Samuel Colt, and from the spark of his inventive genius came the modern firearms of today.
		Samuel Colt's effort to market his inventions is a record of amazing courage, ingenuity, and perseverance.
	www.coltsmfg.com /cmci/historical.asp (372 words)

	The Colt Case
		The fee was some stock in Samuel Colt's new company which was to begin manufacturing one of his new invention, a battery for submarines.
		Colt's character, with emphasis upon his previous affairs and present living with a harlot, were constantly brought up to influence the jury.
		Colt's stoic and resigned attitude in court was also used against him; he did not appear to have any remorse.
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	Colt Firearms, Gun Books, Gunbooksales.com, Mail Order Catalog of Gun Books
		Colt's SAA is the one revolver that captures the spirit of the American cowboy and holds the attention of gun enthusiasts and collectors around the world.
		Colt's hand arms are illustrated and described and Colt carbines, rifles and shotguns are also included, along with the colorful story of the Gatling gun and other automatic weapons.
		As the Colt Peacemaker is universally admired and collected the fan of this revolver is encouraged to use reference books and guides to become familiar with the numerous facets of this intriguing firearm.
	www.gunbooksales.com /colt.htm (1438 words)

	Samuel Colt
		Colt's scheme, however, did not succeed; the arms were not generally appreciated; and in 1842 the company became insolvent.
		These in their turn gave place (1852) to the enormous factory of the Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company, doubled in 1861, on the banks of the Connecticut river, within the city limits of Hartford, where so many millions of revolvers with all their appendages have been manufactured.
		Colt introduced and patented a number of improvements in his revolver, and also invented a submarine battery for harbor defense.
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	Colt's Manufacturing Company, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As early as 1891, Colt Firearms worked with John Browning in the production of his gas-operated, air-cooled (later water-cooled) machine gun, first delivered to the U.S. Navy in 1897 and destined to playa major role in both the Boxer Rebellion and the Spanish-American War.
		Colt delivered approximately 2.5 million Colt.45 pistols to the U.S. government alone and also offered the pistol for sale commercially with tremendous marketing success.
		An agreement to sell Colt Firearms Division to C.F. Holdings Corp. was announced in 1989, and in 1990 the company was sold to a coalition of private investors, the State of Connecticut, and the union employees (renamed Colt's Manufacturing Company LLC).
	www.coltsmfg.com /cmci/history.asp (3107 words)

	Samuel Colt — Infoplease.com
		Colt also invented a submarine battery used in harbor defense and a submarine telegraph cable.
		Colt's Revolver - Colt's Revolver A fire-arm which, by means of revolving barrels, can be fired several times...
		A Samuel Johnson allusion in a letter to Benjamin Franklin explained and amplified.
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	The Colt Legacy Tribute .45 Pistol (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On the left side of the slide a portrait of Samuel Colt serves as the centerpiece.
		To the left of Sam Colt is a depiction of the Hartford Armory’s distinctive dome.
		To the right of Colt’s portrait is his ancestral “Armsmear Crest,” the source of the Rampant Colt adopted by Samuel Colt for his Company’s logo.
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	CCA - Colt Chronology
		Samuel Colt was born on July 19 to Christopher and Sarah Caldwell Colt.
		Samuel Colt died January 10; Elisha Root elected President to succeed Colt.
		Colt entered the modern era with it's first double-action with a swing-out cylinder, the Model 1889.
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	Samuel Colt Biography (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Samuel Colt was born July 19, 1814, in Hartford, Connecticut.
		Colt patented his revolver in European in 1835, and in the United States in 1836.
		Colt also invented a "submarine telegraph cable"> Samuel Colt died in 1814.
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	Colt: Legend & Legacy
		HOSLEY: Colt had failed New Jersey for two reasons: first is that he was a chaotic presence in the midst of this small, struggling start-up business.
		In 1844, Colt demonstrated for Congress his invention of an underwater mine that used a telegraphed signal for harbor defense.
		Colt’s showmanship prevailed as he blew up a 500-ton schooner on the Potomac River to the delight of the thousands who attended.
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	The Colt Firearms Collection
		Colt's genius in both inventing and marketing helped make Connecticut a major center for firearms manufacturing throughout much of the 19th and 20th centuries.
		In 1995 the original "Rampant Colt" statue that had adorned the Hartford Colt factory was acquired by the museum.
		The Colt Firearms Collection, coupled with historic photographs and other related materials, is a "must-see" for both firearms enthusiasts and students of American history.
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	COLT
		La historia de Samuel Colt es algo más que todo esto.
		Afortunadamente Samuel fue salvado de la ira de la multitud por un hombre joven y comprensivo que años más tarde tendría una gran importancia en la vida de Samuel Colt: el ingeniero Elisha K. Root.
		Aquellas rudimentarias piezas de madera talladas por Colt, fueron transformadas en realidad apenas Colt tocó tierra americana nuevamente.
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	SAMUEL COLT (1814-1862) - Online Information article about SAMUEL COLT (1814-1862)
		SAMUEL COLT (1814-1862) - Online Information article about SAMUEL COLT (1814-1862)
		Enfield, the whole of the elaborate machinery devised by Colt for the manufacture of his pistols.
		Colt introduced and patented a number of improvements in his revolver, and also invented a submarine See also:
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	Samuel Colt
		Samuel Colt, the son of a factory owner, was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on 19th July, 1814.
		It is claimed that it was while Colt was a sea that he got the idea of designing a pistol with a revolving cylinder containing several bullets which could be fired through a single barrel.
		Colt was now in a position to establish a new factory in Hartford, Connecticut.
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	Samuel Walker Colt Revolver (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As you may recall, in 1844, Samuel Walker was one of sixteen courageous Texas Rangers who, though heavily outnumbered, nevertheless vanquished eighty fierce Comanche warriors.
		Each Samuel H. Walker Tribute Revolver bears the Colt barrel address, “US 1847” on the right barrel lug, Sam Colt’s signature hand-engraved in gold script on the backstrap, a high-relief, 18-karat gold bust of Captain Walker hand-inlaid on the left recoil shield, and Walker’s signature, hand-engraved in gold, on the left barrel lug.
		This historic Walker Colt is hand-finished with a brilliant case colored frame and loading lever, high-polished blued barrel and backstrap accented by nitrite blue screws and wedge.
	www.americaremembers.com /products/WALKERRE/WALKERRE.asp (678 words)

	Bellesiles lays blame for U.S. gun culture at the feet of Samuel Colt
		His task of selling firearms to settlers was far easier; Colt had to convince city folk they needed guns for protection even though crime rates were so low that no police force in the country-other than slave patrols in the South-carried anything more deadly than a billy club.
		Colt went to Russia in 1852 and told the czar that the sultan of Turkey had just purchased 5,000 pistols.
		Colt made other household items in his factory, all stamped with his name to keep it in the public's consciousness.
	www.emory.edu /EMORY_REPORT/erarchive/1997/November/ernovember.3/11_3_97Bellesiles.html (706 words)

	Samuel Colt's porcelain transparencies Magazine Antiques - Find Articles
		A price list issued either in 1857 or 1858 (4) makes it clear that, while some of their lithophanes were inspired by existing works of art, the majority were based on drawings and paintings created for the purpose by the company's artists.
		While Colt probably first saw KPM lithophanes in the firm's displays at the 1851 Great (Crystal Palace) Exhibition in London and the New York Great Exhibition of 1853, (6) he apparently did not purchase any until he visited Berlin in 1855, when he acquired at least one hundred examples.
		Eclectic though it might seem, Colt's selection was well thought out, since the majority of the lithophanes were to be mounted in the windows of Armsmear, the house he was then building in Hartford (Fig.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1026/is_4_169/ai_n16130462 (787 words)

	Samuel Colt the Boy: Have Cannon, Will Explode
		Samuel Colt was the inventor of the first "practical revolving-cylinder gun with automatic revolution and locking of cylinder, both accomplished by cocking the hammer."
		Samuel Colt was born in 1814, in Hartford, Connecticut.
		Samuel Colt, The Boy: Have Cannon, Will Explode continues with A Motherless Boy: Sam Colt Becomes an Indentured Servant.
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