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Elisha King Root (May 5, 1808 - September 1, 1865) was a Connecticut machinist, inventor, and President of Colt's Manufacturing Company. Root was born on a Massachusetts farm and worked as a bobbin boy in a cotton mill before switching, at the age of 15, to working in a machine shop in Ware, Massachusetts. At age 24 he was hired by Connecticut industrialist Samuel W. Collins to work in his axe factory in Collinsville, a village of Canton, Connecticut. After Colt's death in 1862, Root took over as president of Colt's Patent Firearms until his death on September 1, 1865.

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  • Elisha K. Root (en)
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  • Еліша К. Рут (uk)
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  • Elisha King Root (05 de maio de 1808, Ludlow, Massachusetts — 01 de setembro de 1865 (57 anos), Hartford, Connecticut), foi um torneiro mecânico, inventor e presidente da Colt's Manufacturing Company em Connecticut. (pt)
  • Еліша Кінг Рут (англ. Elisha K. Root; 5 травня 1808 — 1 вересня 1865) — токар з Коннектикуту, винахідник та президент Colt's Manufacturing Company. (uk)
  • Elisha King Root (May 5, 1808 - September 1, 1865) was a Connecticut machinist, inventor, and President of Colt's Manufacturing Company. Root was born on a Massachusetts farm and worked as a bobbin boy in a cotton mill before switching, at the age of 15, to working in a machine shop in Ware, Massachusetts. At age 24 he was hired by Connecticut industrialist Samuel W. Collins to work in his axe factory in Collinsville, a village of Canton, Connecticut. After Colt's death in 1862, Root took over as president of Colt's Patent Firearms until his death on September 1, 1865. (en)
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  • Hartford, Connecticut, United States (en)
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  • Ludlow, Massachusetts, United States (en)
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