Guns in San Diego

[subdjoe]

I found this:  http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/94winter/napoleons.htm

while trying to run down some inspectors marks and thought it might be of interest. 

The inspector is PJR and was at the Cyrus Alger foundry, Boston MA in 1862.  I'm wondering if the person asking meant TJR, as there was a Thomas J Rodman at that time. 

[GGaskill]

I hope they don't go much beyond cleaning in their definition of "polishing."

[subdjoe]

I know.  But I think that people have learned over the years that cleaning and conseving are two different creatures.  OF course, that article is 15 years old, too.

And, some more fun links:

http://books.google.com/books?id=AksOAAAAYAAJ&dq=Theodore+Thaddeus+Sobieski+Laidley&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=v9htxmwsgq&sig=cfh3KEGMtDHl3D_gc0xLf-wZZSY&hl=en&ei=dQ4WStPXOpyWlAeT-ZDTCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#PPP1,M1

and

http://books.google.com/books?id=wwY6DT2Sc_cC&dq=Theodore+Thaddeus+Sobieski+Laidley&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=6pFJm3RqTS&sig=w97gWVUwp865F09rSUjVbtiof2k&hl=en&ei=dQ4WStPXOpyWlAeT-ZDTCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8#PPP1,M1