Benjamin Burt (silversmith)
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Benjamin Burt (silversmith)
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Benjamin Burt was an American silversmith active in Boston, and uncle to Major Samuel Shaw, who sailed on the Empress of China (1783) as the first American consul to China. According to the Burt family Bible, now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Burt was born in Boston and trained by his father, silversmith John Burt (1692/3-1745), who upon his death left a very substantial estate of £6,460-4-9. By 1754, Burt's older brother Samuel had died, Benjamin had married Joan Hooten, and he took over
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American silversmith
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Burt_(silversmith)
date created:
2016-09-16T18:07:09Z
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2024-08-29T00:04:17Z
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