The few surviving factory records reveal that Merwin, Hulbert & Co. was organized in 1874, when New England inventive genius and savvy businessman Joseph Merwin joined forces with William A. and M.H. Hulbert—two brothers who had enjoyed a fair degree of success as businessmen and financiers. Through this new partnership—gaining half interests in several arms companies, representing several top gun makers of the era (Colt, Winchester, Marlin and others) and offering a full line of spor


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