Serial Number 211470 was recorded as a 12 gauge A-2 with 30-inch barrels. It was shipped on August 10, 1909. Most shipping destinations were not recorded until late in 1918. Written on the line above the entry is "See John Philips Sousa, Jr. May 19, 1935." That date is about three years after the death of John Philip Sousa, Sr. I imagine that this addition to the entry refers to correspondence received from Sousa, Jr. and filed in a different location. This was said to be Sousa's duck gun.
Serial Number 210073 was recorded as a 12 gauge with 32-inch barrels. No shipping date was recorded. However, other entries on that page are dated in July 1908. "Sousas" (without an apostrophe) was written in the column where grade was usually recorded. You may want to check out Lt. Col William Brophy's article about Serial Number 210073 that was published in the Double Gun Journal (Volume 1, Issue 4, page 12).
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