Patents - U.S.

A database of patents issued to residents of the state of Connecticut, ranging from 1800 through 1890.

This collection includes images of company administrators, employees, visitors to the Armory, interior and exterior factory views (including from the fire of 1864 and floods of 1936 and 1938), other Colt properties, events, promotional materials, and many firearms. Another exhibit of Colt firearms can be found at the State Library`s …