There is mention of silver in New London at the date of its founding in 1646. Naturally, the first silver in the town had been made elsewhere, primarily in Boston, and brought to New London by migrating settlers. It is interesting that the earliest known American-made piece of silver, a dram cup by Hull and Sanderson of Boston, now in the Mabel Brady Garvan collection at Yale, has a New London history. The cup probably was made for Ruth Brewster who married John Pickett of New London in 1651."