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=== *45 1850’s-1895: Reilly staff; quality young employees FOOTNOTES ===

*45 1850's-1895: Reilly staff; Quality young employees:

. . . . .*45a "John Baker" -Reilly foreman from 185?-61:
. . . . . . . . . .June 1861 registered the Reilly Patent shell crimper:


. . . . . . . . . .Testified at fraud hearings: 2 April 1861, “Sun”


. . . . . . . . . .b.1822; Married; Died October 1861 accidental poisoning: 16 Oct 1861, “Sun”


. . . . .*45b "Francis Davis" – Reilly manager 1870: He testified for Reilly at the 1870 hearings for violating UK neutrality in the Franco-Prussian war:
. . . . . . . . . .08 Oct 1870, “The Field”


. . . . .*45c "Ruben Hambling" 1884-85 . – May have started out with Reilly in the late 1850's - ran his own gun shop in the midlands then back to Reilly:

. . . . . . . . . .Voting records for Paddington, London 1884-85, Reuben Hambling:


. . . . . . . . . . .Per 1861 census Hambling was a gunmaker in Middlesex (London), UK. It would not be surprising to find he worked for Reilly at that time early in his career:


. . . . .**45d "James Curtis" - Testified in a trial re the purchase of a Reilly revolver by an Irish terrorist.
. . . . . . . . . .13 Sep 1895, “Kilburn Times”


. . . . .*45e "M. Poirat" - manager of Reilly store at 2 rue Scribe, Paris, who tried to convince the new 3rd Republic to buy 6,000 Chessapot rifles stored in Birmingham from Reilly. P.14


There are a couple of Reilly workers also mentioned in articles - it seems Reilly carefully selected and trained his young apprentices.

. . . . .*45f "Mr. Bennett," 1858: who carefully loaded rounds for the guns used in "The Field" trials of 1858 and 1859.


. . . . .*45g "Mr. McNamara" 1862: who was responsible for guiding visitors through the Reilly 1862 London World's Fair exhibit.
Mr. McNamara:


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