Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 142
, Esq., of Sa-lem, which wasbought by Mr.Waterss grand-father, about1770. It is a fineexample of thebest style of sec-retary made dur-ing the eighteenth century The lllus. 78. — Block-front Desk, Cabl- doors areof pan- ^^^P ^°^ ^^^°- elled wood. The lid of the desk is blocked like thefront, and… … Illustration 79 shows a block-front mahoganydesk, owned by Francis H. Bigelow, Esq., ofCambridge. It formerly belonged to Dr. JohnSnelling Popkin, who was Professor of Greek atHarvard University from 1826 to 1833, and prob-ably descended to him, as it was made about 1770.The legs, with…
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