What company made bay state shotguns?

The company was founded in Worcester,_Massachusettsin 1870.Answers.comCirca 1873-1874 it was moved to Uxbridge,_Massachusetts. It appears that around 1874 the company was discontinued. The business was reorganized in 1880 in Worcester, Massachusetts making "Bay State Gun" branded firearms. In 1909 the company was purchased by http://wiki.answers.com/w/index.php?title=Hopkins_&_Allen_Arms_Company&action=edit&redlink=1of Norwich,_Connecticutwhich continued to use the "Bay State" brand name on single-barrel shotguns.