Samuel Colt (1814-1862)

Grant, Ellsworth S. The Colt Legacy: The Story of the Colt Armory in Hartford, 1855-1980. Providence: Mowbray Company, 1982.

Kihn, Phyllis. "Colt in Hartford." Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin 24(July, 1959)3:74-87.

Parsons, John E., ed. Samuel Colt's Own Record of Transactions with Captain Walker and Eli Whitney, Jr. in 1847. Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1949. The manufacture of the Walker model of the Colt revolver, made at Whitneyville.

Rohan, Jack. Yankee Arms Maker: The Incredible Career of Samuel Colt. New York: Harper, 1935. A popular biography by a specialist in firearms. It is not historiographically sophisticated, but appears to be a sound narrative. However, the author has supplied some conjectured details. Based on manuscript sources but with no scholarly apparatus. Index.