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1962
GUSN-169721
John Potwines was a silversmith and merchant who came to Hartford from Boston in 1737. His daybook provides interesting insight into everyday life in Hartford in 1752, from the price of a suit of clothes to the favorite beverage of Reverend Hezekiah Bissell.
Article ID 97
SC001
Old-Time New England
SC001.1962.053.189.002
John Potwines was a silversmith and merchant who came to Hartford from Boston in 1737. His daybook provides interesting insight into everyday life in Hartford in 1752, from the price of a suit of clothes to the favorite beverage of Reverend Hezekiah Bissell.
Volume 53, Number 189 (Summer, 1962)
Potwine, Elizabeth B. (Author)
(1962). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.
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Boston, Mass.
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Old Time New England
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