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Root, Elisha K.

Name	Street	Town	State	From	To
Root, Elisha K.		Hartford	Connecticut	1855	1865

Patent	Date	Remarks
13,999	December 25, 1855, reissue 846, November l, 1859	Patent drawing
846	November l, 1859	Patent drawing

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Root's patent does not cover the mechanism of the Colt Root revolver. That revolver was patented by Samuel Colt. E.K. Root acting only as one of the witnesses. He was the superintendent of the Colt factory in Hartford from 1849 to 1862. On the death of Colt in January, 1862, Root succeeded to the presidency of Colt's Patent Firearms Mfg. Co., a position he held until his death in 1865. A certain number of experimental revolvers were made under his patent 13,999 but not real production has been made.

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Root's patent does not cover the mechanism of the Colt Root revolver. That revolver was patented by Samuel Colt. E.K. Root acting only as one of the witnesses.

He was the superintendent of the Colt factory in Hartford from 1849 to 1862. On the death of Colt in January, 1862, Root succeeded to the presidency of Colt's Patent Firearms Mfg. Co., a position he held until his death in 1865.

A certain number of experimental revolvers were made under his patent 13,999 but not real production has been made.