Manufactured in 1861 with a brass post front sight, "-ADDRESS SAML COLT HARTFORD CT.-" on the top of the barrel, "COLTS/PATENT" on the left side of the frame, a small "G" on the left side of the trigger guard, "PAT SEPT 10TH 1850" in once cylinder flute, matching serial numbers (none found on the grip), and "D.M. WHEELER/Auburn, Ny" in script inscribed on the butt. No details on Wheeler have been located, but Auburn was a important center of the anti-slavery movement and was the home of Harriet Tubman, William Seward, and other abolitionists.