According to Walter Snyder The original Lefever Arms Co. under the Durstons was never incorporated. It was incorporated under the names of some of the principals of the Ithaca Gun Co. (but not the Ithaca Gun Co. itself)on July 6, 1916. The Document of Incorporation is reproduced on page 96 of Walter's 2nd Edition of "The Ithaca Gun Company: From the beginning".
Apparently all of the material was shipped directly to the Ithaca Gun Co. on March 4, 1916. It appears that the Lefever Arms Co. was still a separate entity from The Ithaca Gun Co. although the owners of both were the same group of individuals. The Lefever Arms Co had to pay rent and a royalty to the Ithaca Gun Co for each gun produced. I do not know what happened in 1919 when original Lefever production ceased. By 1933 the Lefever Arms Co. catalog marketing the Nitro Specials stated "operated by the Ithaca Gun Co". That same year barrels were changed from Lefever Arms Ithaca, NY to Lefever Arms, a branch of Ithaca Gun Co. By 1935 The catalogs of the two companies were combined.
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