Historic silver of the Colonies and its makers (1917)
Bigelow, Francis Hill, 1859-1933 · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 196
country, and diedwith unblemishedreputation at Fish-kill, 21, March,1765, aged 128years Fishkill Jan-uary 1820. Inhis Pictorial FieldBook of the Revo-lution, BensonJohn Lossing, who was at one time a silversmith, says : it is re-lated of Huff that when 120 years old he madelove to a pretty girl of… … 87. I. W. Forbes. H. 12: in. a 166 Historic Silver of the Colonies hand of the maiden, for he had a hundred yearsmore experience than the foolish boy, andknew better how to treat a wife than the inter-fering stripling. Fishkill has great historicassociations connected with the Revolution : aplace…
Silverwork -- United States
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