These were the mistakes I found in McIntosh's little one page Baker srticle.

Research by H. J. Swinney (1991) shows William Henry Baker was actually born in Pittsfield, New York, not Oxford as had been reported by Shanks in 1968. (Tough to change something once it is out there in print!!)

The hammer double produced by the Syracuse Forging and Gun Co. was not designed by William Baker, but rather it was designed and patented by Albert C. MacFarland, October 4, 1887, Patent No. 370,966.

The factory in Syracuse burned in the summer of 1888.

The hammerless guns produced by Baker Gun & Forging Company were not designed by Baker. The designs are at least partially Frank A. Hollenbeck, as he took over as plant super when William Baker was too sick with TB. Hollenbeck had three patents issued while he was with the company in Batavia. Two of those #461,182 and #481,327 were assigned to Baker Gun and Forging Company.

The Batavia Leader was fitted with London Twist barrels during the years it was made by Baker. There was also a Batavia Damascus with Damascus barrels, a Batavia Special with "Homotensile" Steel barrels and a Batavia Ejector with either Damascus or Homotensile Steel barrels. Baker dropped the Batavia Leader/Damascus/Special/Ejector line and replaced it with the Black Beauty a couple of years before they sold out. Folsom revived the Batavia Leader name with a gun fitted with "Cockerel" steel barrels, as listed in their 1923 catalogue. (It is spelled "Cockerill" on my Ithacas)

Once I sent this to McIntosh I never heard from him again.