Benjamin Halsted
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Benjamin Halsted
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Benjamin Halsted, also spelled Benjamin Halstead, was an American silversmith active in New York City, Philadelphia, and Elizabeth, New Jersey. In 1794 he founded the first thimble factory in the United States. Halsted was born in Hempstead, New York, made a freeman of New York City in 1764, and married Sarah Treadwell on October 22, 1765. In New York City from 1756 to 1766 he was a partner with silversmith Myer Myers as Halsted & Myers, and in 1766 with his brother Mathias in Elizabeth, New Jer
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American silversmith
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Halsted
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2019-09-14T10:54:29Z
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2024-08-29T00:04:21Z
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