Wesson, Edwin

Name Street Town State From To
Wesson, Edwin   Grafton Massachusetts 1834 1840
Wesson, Edwin   Northborough Massachusetts 1841 1849
Wesson, Edwin   Hartford Massachusetts 1849 1849


Patent Date Remarks
5,146 June 5, 1847 Inprovement in Fire-Arms (Magazine Fire-Arm)
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6,669 August 28, 1849 Method of Connecting the Hammer with the Cylinder of a Revolving Fire-Arm
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Brother of Daniel B. and Franklin Wesson

Manufactured Daniel Leavitt revolvers

The revolver production of Edwin Wesson, of Wesson Stevens & Miller and of Massachusetts Arms Co. were based on Wesson's patent 6,669 as well as that of D. Leavitt. After E. Wesson's dead in 1849 Thomas Warner continued the production.

.45 caliber percussion revolver, 7" barrel