Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 139
sq., 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 ^^^^- ^8. — Block-front Desk, Cabi- doors are of pan- ^* ^P ^^°^ ^^^0. elled wood. The lid of the desk is blocked like thefront, and… … Illus. 79.—Block-front Desk, about 1770 Illustration 79 shows a block-front mahoganydesk, owned l3y 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…
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