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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 07-18-2005 10:13 PM
  
I just picked up another nice silver related letter and thought it would be a nice change from the string of Fletcher pieces that seem to be falling my way lately. I should have known better -- one doesn't always pick the research; sometimes the research picks you. The letter is a maddening tease: I have not figured out who the writer might be -- she thought it un-nessesary to sign the missive, but the addressee is Caroline Augusta Fairman, the daughter of the eminent engraver, Gideon Fairman. He, it seems, is hard at placing the unknown "Jay" with two major silver firms of the day -- Horace Hinsdale & Company (apparently uninterested) and Taylor & Baldwin of New York City. But who was "Jay"?A family member, as the phrasing would seem to indicate? And who is the writer who entertained Mr. Baldwin and whose new house is now gone, part of the grounds of City Hall? At least the Charles Toppan mentioned is easier; he was Gideon Fairman's former apprentice and engraver of our first postage stamp. And the G. Fairman who added a post script is George Walter Fairman, Gideon's son and Caroline's brother. Which brings us back to the Fletcher's -- George married, on 10 Sep 1834, Ellen Maria Gardiner, daughter of Sydney Gardiner and neice of Thomas Charles Fletcher. It's a regular carousel, but thankfully, I'm a patient rider. IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 07-19-2005 11:46 AM
I have done up some fairly large scans (each about a meg) of the letter. If anyone is interested, I would enjoy a comparison with my reading -- the old dear didn't have the fairest hand. IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 07-21-2005 07:19 AM
WEV, I really do appreciate these posts of personnel correspondence. The research effort and eye strain must be enormous. They help to remind me that it really was a different time and that many of our period lifestyle interpretations are overly influenced by our contemporary perspective. Antique silver and the associated mark, manufactory, pattern, design, etc, research does provide interesting insights but not to the degree that this personnel correspondence does. Thanks so much for these posts. IP: Logged |
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