Joseph Foster (silversmith)
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Joseph Foster (silversmith)
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Joseph Foster was an American silversmith, active in Boston. Foster was born in either Boston or Ware, Massachusetts. From 1774 to 1781 he was apprenticed to Benjamin Burt in Boston. They remained close throughout Burt's life; Foster was sole executor of Burt's estate in 1805, and Burt's will left ".. . to my trusty friend Joseph Foster of Boston, Goldsmith one hundred dollars." He worked circa 1781-1830 as a silversmith in Boston, with a shop on Ann Street and later on Fish Street near Burt. Fo
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American silversmith
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Foster_(silversmith)
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2024-03-08T09:38:11Z
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