It may be that Joseph Gales was brought onto the Schoverling & Daly sporting weapons ship as he had more to offer that just a bicycle peddler. Joseph Gales(April 29th, 1847- May 1st, 1916) was born to Weston Raleigh & Mary Spies Gales. After completing his well rounded education he worked at Spies, Kissam & Company of 279 Broadway, NY, a sporting goods vendor. I would venture a guess that Joseph Gale's mother and the Spies of Spies(A.W.?), Kissam( Frederick ), etc. were either brother & sister or father & daughter. The concern seems to have faltered in the mid to late 1870s(dissolved in 1879 same year Gales joined S&D) and that was when Joseph Gales jumped ship to Schoverling & Daly, which at one point permeated every facet of gunmaking in about every corner of the globe. So instead of focusing on say Lindner as being a source for the American makers, it is more probable that Schoverling, Daly & Gales was the conduit for sourcing.

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