The full content of this document is only available to subscribing institutions. More information can be found via www.amdigital.co.uk

Collection Reference Number GLC02480.02
From Archive Folder Documents relating to American inventors 
Title Samuel Colt to Ned Dickerson about the Whittier patent
Date 18 March 1851
Author Colt, Samuel (1814-1862)  
Recipient Dickerson, Ned  
Document Type Correspondence; Legal document
Content Description Requests information from Dickerson, a lawyer, regarding an extension for the Whittier patent. Informs Dickerson that he hopes to schedule his patent suit the following Monday.
Subjects Science and Technology  Patent  Weaponry  Law  Invention  Inventor  
People Colt, Samuel (1814-1862)  Dickerson, Ned (fl. 1851)  
Place written Hartford, Connecticut
Theme Science, Technology, Invention; Law
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Samuel Colt, an American manufacturer, patented the Colt revolver in 1836.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859