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Table of Contents

Historical  Note

Scope and Content Note

Summary Sub-group Description

I. Family Papers

II. Personal Financial Records

III. Business Records

IV. State Government

V. Private Legal Practice

VI. Photographs, realia, etc.

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COLT FAMILY PAPERS

 MSG# 78

SUB-GROUP V	PRIVATE LEGAL PRACTICE	DATES:
2 series		1850-1915

Series XXI: Estate Files, 1855-1905, 9 ft. (18 boxes).

This series documents Colt's service as an executor and/or attorney for the estates of Hannah B. Smith, Ambrose E. Burnside, and Cornelius J. Vanderbilt. The bulk of the records relate to the Vanderbilt estate. Included are a variety of legal documents (briefs, transcripts, complaints), copies of wills, lists of heirs, lists of creditors, bills, receipts, correspondence, and memos. 

Series XXII: Private Legal Practice, 1850-1915, 2.5 ft. (5 boxes).

This series contains the records that remain from Samuel P. Colt's private legal practice. He maintained an active practice from 1877 to 1887 though he continued to do legal work for friends into the early 1900s. His private practice was largely confined to civil cases and probate work. Included are case files, drafts of briefs, copies of wills, correspondence, and memos.