Recently, I have been on a quest to research, discover and document the earliest American vise makers. I have a page where I am keeping my notes on my website here: http://toolarchives.com/node/3922
This morning, again on the hunt for that earliest of American smiths, I ran across this poem entitled "On the Death of a Blacksmith" in the 5/2/1803 edition of "The Gleason" (newspaper) in Wilkes Barre, PA. I thought you all might enjoy the read.
Very nice! Reminded me of Longfellow's "The Village Blacksmith".
Al
Do you have a copy of "A Directory of Lancaster County Pennsylvania Blacksmiths"? Published by MWTCA Area P August 2001. The book is copyrighted by the MWTCA.
Quote from: Lewill2 on April 25, 2018, 05:55:15 PM
Do you have a copy of "A Directory of Lancaster County Pennsylvania Blacksmiths"? Published by MWTCA Area P August 2001. The book is copyrighted by the MWTCA.
No sir, I do not. I pretty much rely on on-line sources such as the national archives, newspapers.com, ancestry, google books, and local library on-line archives. The page I referenced above on my site relies on searches such as "vice maker," "vise maker," vise co," and so on.