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Beach’s brother Cyprian Nichols Beech noted above later married Colt’s sister-in-law Hetty Jarvis in 1867. In 1871, Beach purchased the company at auction after financial issued stemming from Samuel Woodruff and renamed the boiler business H.B. Beach & Son and leased out the other operations which continued as The Hartford Foundry & Machine Co. After his death in 1907, his son, Captain Henry Ledlie Beach (1842-1924) continued the boiler business, and it remained active even after his death as a division of the Whitlock Coil Pipe Co. The young Beach served as a captain in I Company of the 16th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. Period sources indicate the company was formed of men from Woodruff & Beach’s factory and Colt’s.
Eric Vaule purchased the revolver around 1980 from a Hartford, Connecticut, college girl who had inherited it. It has since been in several well- known collections (including Alan Kelley, Norm Flayderman, and Richard Ellis) and was featured in “Fine Colts: The Dr. Joseph Murphy Collection” on page 28 where it is inaccurately attributed as belonging to Hetty Jarvis Beach as well as pages 88 and 89 of “Colt Single Action from Patersons to Peacemakers” by Dennis Adler on pages 88 and 89.
CONDITION: Excellent with 98% plus original high polish blue finish on the barrel and cylinder, 98% vibrant original case colors on the frame, recoil shield, loading cut-out, and hammer; attractive French-gray appearance on most of the frame and loading lever, and most of the original silver plating on the iron grip straps.
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