The Silversmiths of Little Rest.
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By William Davis Miller.
Published in Concord by Joslin Hall Publishing in 1992.
Edition limited to 250 copies.
A facsimile reprint of the very scarce 1928 original edition. Six silversmiths worked in Little Rest (now Kingston) Rhode Island in the late 18th century. Samuel Casey the silversmith/counterfeiter was the most famous, but the other five were also interesting characters. One was Gideon Casey, Samuel's brother in flesh but not crime, and yet another was Joseph Perkins, who sat on the jury which convicted Samuel Casey of counterfeiting. The others included John Waite, Samuel Casey's apprentice, a militia captain during the Revolution, and the engraver of the first Rhode Island paper money issued with the word "State" instead of "Colony"; William Waite, John's brother; and the gifted Nathaniel Helme, who might have been the greatest of them all had he not died at the age of 28.
Hardcover. 8"x10", 50 pages plus 10 black & white plates, with several line illustrations in the text, dust jacket. Minor wear.
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