There's a pretty good write-up in Carder's "SxS of the World for Y2K". They say that Meriden was founded in 1905 BY SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO.! I would have guessed they just made guns FOR Sears, as most companies did. They also mention 7 grades, from $40 to $250, and sold under their own name. The write-up is too long to copy but what you saw pretty much matches what Carder says.

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