{"product_id":"exceptional-1836-letter-samuel-colt-signed-payment-order-one-month-before-the-first-colt-revolver-patent","title":"Exceptional 1836 Letter \u0026 Samuel Colt Signed Payment Order – One Month Before the First Colt Revolver Patent","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"2705\" data-end=\"2941\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eAn extraordinary autograph manuscript archive relating to \u003cstrong data-start=\"2763\" data-end=\"2790\"\u003eSamuel Colt (1814–1862)\u003c\/strong\u003e, dated \u003cstrong data-start=\"2798\" data-end=\"2817\"\u003eJanuary 9, 1836\u003c\/strong\u003e, written only weeks before Colt received his landmark patent for the first practical revolving pistol on February 25, 1836.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2943\" data-end=\"3303\"\u003eThe archive consists of an autograph letter from \u003cstrong data-start=\"2992\" data-end=\"3009\"\u003eDudley Selden\u003c\/strong\u003e to Samuel Colt concerning the payment of a business account and authorizing Colt to issue a payment order on the reverse of the letter. Colt complied, writing and signing a payment order directing payment of \u003cstrong data-start=\"3218\" data-end=\"3229\"\u003e$164.50\u003c\/strong\u003e to \u003cstrong data-start=\"3233\" data-end=\"3258\"\u003eCaptain John Johnston\u003c\/strong\u003e. The endorsement is signed \u003cstrong data-start=\"3286\" data-end=\"3303\"\u003e\"Sam'l Colt.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3305\" data-end=\"3788\"\u003eThe documents capture Colt during the formative weeks immediately preceding one of the most significant inventions in American industrial history. At the time, Colt was organizing the financial and legal affairs that would soon lead to the establishment of his first firearms enterprise. Manuscripts from this pivotal period are seldom encountered, particularly those documenting Colt's everyday business transactions immediately before issuance of his revolutionary revolver patent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3790\" data-end=\"4048\"\u003eThe archive remains in very good condition with expected mailing folds, light age toning, and strong legible manuscript throughout. An exceptional association piece linking Samuel Colt, attorney Dudley Selden, and the earliest days of Colt's firearms career.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Documents LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52577610400026,"sku":null,"price":4950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2221\/0931\/files\/IMG_1729.jpg?v=1784860217","url":"https:\/\/princetonaudubonprints.com\/products\/exceptional-1836-letter-samuel-colt-signed-payment-order-one-month-before-the-first-colt-revolver-patent","provider":"Signature Documents LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}