Spencer, Christopher Miner, 1833-1922
Variant namesInventor of repeating rifle, automatic shotgun, and other items, of Manchester and Windsor, Conn.
From the description of Christopher Miner Spencer collection, 1833-1922. (Windsor Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70954182
Inventor and industrialist, of Windsor, Conn.; holder of many patents including an automatic silk-winding machine, various hand tools, automatic screw machines, and a breech-loading repeating firearm; with Charles Ethan Billings, opened a forge shop in Hartford, Conn., which in 1872 was reorganized as Billings & Spencer Company; founder and owner of Hartford Machine Screw Company, Roper Sporting Arms Company which became Spencer Arms Company, and Spencer Automatic Machine Screw Company, in Windsor, which produced screws from coils of wire.
From the description of Christopher Miner Spencer collection, 1834-1953 bulk 1854-1918. (Windsor Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 71009822
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| creatorOf | Cheney family. Letters, 1778-1933 | Connecticut Historical Society | |
| creatorOf | Spencer, Christopher Miner, 1833-1922. Christopher Miner Spencer collection, 1834-1953 bulk 1854-1918. | Windsor Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Marcot, Roy M. (Roy Martin). Roy M. Marcot collection, 1838-1973 bulk 1931-1973. | Windsor Historical Society | |
| creatorOf | Spencer, Christopher Miner, 1833-1922. Christopher Miner Spencer collection, 1833-1922. | Windsor Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Billings, Frederick C. History of the Billings & Spencer Company. | Connecticut State Library, CSL | |
| referencedIn | Cheney family papers and Manchester town records, 1795-1915 | Connecticut Historical Society |
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Birth 1833-06-20
Death 1922-01-14
