This is a most interesting archive, with annotations by the factory. All letters concern Colt pistol production for Civil War. One letter from New York arsenal requests delivery of 10 armies and 5 navies, another notes delivery of 1000 holster pistols delivered to Corinth, MS. A letter addressed to Col. Colt from Eugene Olcott, Brooklyn, NY requests a new cylinder for his cased model 1855 Root, S# 4666 which failed and he is to rejoin his regiment in the field within a month. A letter written from Norfolk, VA by A. Dunbar Potts, Co. D, 1st NYMR "..I am anxious to procure before rejoining my regiment a pair of pistols upon which I can place implicit reliance and would like to know the quality and prices of the different grades…". Each of these 10 letters has inked number Colt applied to each case and would match ledger entries if these ledgers still exist. CONDITION: good to very good overall, with exception of bullet hole though each, entire stack was shot. PROVENANCE: Martin Lane Historic & Western Americana Lifetime Collection. (02-21441/JS). $1,000-2,000.