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t-man-nc Posts: 327 |
posted 08-28-2002 06:05 PM
  
I spotted this on Ebay, I can't afford but it may add additional knowledge to the group. It is a Rhode Island court document signed by Justice of the Peace, John Segar in 1794 ("in the 18th Year of American Independence") regarding a complaint (to arrest Jeremiah Sands of South Kingstown, a "Gold Smith") brought in 1792 by William Clarke of New Shoreham (Block Island) regarding a promissory note and "five Silver Tea Spoons". Henry Potter, Esquire is also mentioned on the document. On the verso, there is other documentation ("Default") and the names of Jon. J. Hazard (?), Atty., and a John Greenman (?).
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posted 08-28-2002 08:34 PM
Very interesting -- the goldsmith alias gentleman in question is Jeremiah Niles Sands, born 05 May 1769 in New Shoreham RI, a cousin to the silversmiths Isaac and Daniel Treadwell. He seems to have survived this trouble more or less intact, but thought it best to move on: Flynt and Fales note an ad in the Newport Mercury (6 Jan 1795) that ". . . he had removed from Little Rest to North Kingstown, where he carries on the clock, watchmaking, and goldsmiths' business in all their branches." Apparently, things still did not go well for him; in 1798 he advertised that he was petitioning the General Assembly for relief from his creditors, declaring himself a Newport goldsmith and insolvent debtor. There is no indication if he found some favour or just left his problems behind him, but his next (and last) advertisement (Independent Chronicle, 23 July 1801) asked for a journeyman to work at his shop at No 1 Cambridge Street, Boston, good wages paid. IP: Logged |
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