A Colt Lightning Double Action Revolver used at Coffeyville, Kansas in the shootout following the Dalton Gang’s twin bank robberies in 1892. This revolver, serial number 16706, was made in 1879 and has a factory 2 ½ inch barrel with an etched panel that reads “COLT D.A.38”. The gun is nickel finished, has factory checkered hard rubber grips and was made without an ejector rod. The revolver retains about 85% original nickel, the etched barrel panel is very legible and the grips show light wear with a large chip missing at the bottom of the right grip. The bore rates very good and the mechanism works in both the single and double action mode. A copy of a Colt factory letter is included that confirms the specifications and a shipment date of April 10, 1879 to Schuyler, Hartley & Graham in New York City. This Colt Lightning is very well known and was on display for many years in the Dalton Museum in Coffeyville, Kansas. While the bank robberies were taking place many of Coffeyville’s citizens were arming themselves, some taking guns from either the A.D. Boswell & Co. or the Isham Brothers & Mansur hardware stores. Lucius M. Baldwin was a 23-year-old clerk in the Read Brothers Dry Goods store who picked up this Colt at Isham’s hardware store. Unfortunately for young Baldwin he exited the back door at Isham’s just as Bob and Emmett Dalton exited the back door of the First National Bank, which was just next door to Isham’s. Both Bob and Emmett aimed their rifles at him and ordered him to halt. When Baldwin continued toward them, Bob shot him through the left chest, a wound which caused his death the next day. Baldwin was one of four Coffeyville citizens killed by the Dalton gang, with three others wounded. At an auction to raise money for the families of the dead townspeople, this revolver was purchased by Hazard W. Read, who passed it down to his daughter Frances Read Kaiser. In 1964, upon her death, it was willed to Charlotte Read Dahlstrom. Included are many documents relating to the Dalton Museum and this gun, and probate documents relating to Mrs. Charlotte Dahlstrom’s inheriting the gun and retrieving it from the museum. Also included is a 66-page reprint of an 1892 booklet written by D.S. Elliott, the editor of the Coffeyville Journal, that is titled “Last Raid of the Daltons.” In addition, there is a copy of “What Really Happened on October 5, 1892” by Lue Driver Barndollar. This hardcover was printed for the 100th year anniversary of the Dalton Raid and pictures many of the known guns that were used, including this one on page 61. This is an antique revolver and transfers with no federal restrictions. Provenance: Isham Brothers & Mansur Lucius M. Baldwin Hazard W. Read Frances Read Kaiser Charlotte Read Dahlstrom