Oct. 23, 1866, is Patent No. 59110, granted to Eli Whitney for "certain new and useful Improvements in the Construction of Muzzle-Loading Double-Barrel Guns;"
Eli Whitney's next patent for double barrel shotguns was Patent No. 71349, granted Nov. 26, 1867, for a lever-action that slid the barrels forward.
Eli Whitney, C. Gerner & F. Tiesing were granted Patent No. 93149, July 27, 1869, for the bolting mechanism as used on the Whitney three-trigger gun.
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