I reviewed the letter and it say 1910.

To your point researcher something is concerning about the the 1910 date, I reviewed Walt Snyder's Ithaca Guns and Frank Conley's The American Single Barrel Trap books and neither had Ithaca SBT available in 1910. Synder's Book has my gun as 1916 production. Ithaca started developing the SBT in 1910-1911 and they were available in 1914 and in their 1915 catalog.
I'll reach-out to the Cody Museum after the new year and try and get a clarification. Thank you.

Summerson was an Ithaca factory representative. Many Ithaca orders, and consequently, Ithaca letters, will include his name. As I recall, he wrote the John Phillip Sousa order.

I would guess someone at Cody made an error... Should be later.

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Received email from the Cody Museum concerning the June, 10,1910 date of my SBT. It was a simple typing error and the correct date is June 10,1919 with new letter being processed. I'm really impressed with the Cody Staff and their quick response, great example of customer service!

PS: currently work on letter for a Fox.

Ithaca 5E SBT
 

Talk about a super nice gun at a good price.

https://www.gunsinternational.com/gu...n_id=102843142

Bill died relatively recently. The official biography by his family is an interesting read. Google his name.

It is my understanding he also did the work on the later Ithaca double revival. He was a fixture on the trapshooting circuit and best known there. He had a trailer equipped for engraving and did onsite work at shoots. One of his specialties was custom grip caps which he could turn out quickly. He was trained as a goldsmith and often included it with his engraving. I have a very early Beretta S2 I purchased from a member here that had very nice and tasteful gold work added to the original engraving pattern to enhance it. The rest of the gun was refurbished. It is stunning work and one of the best handling game guns I have ever used.