. Early silver of Connecticut and its makers . In the successful siege ofLouisbourg in the island ofCape Breton in 1745, Ward of Guilfordcommanded one of the Con-necticut Companies. Hewas a teetotaler and in-stead of spending his grogmoney for rum, saved it, andwhen he returned to hishome, had the moneywrought into four spoonsand his initials A. W. andLouisbourg engraved onthe backs by his kinsman,BilliousWard. One ofthese spoons is shown in theaccompanying illustration. Paten made by Billious Ward. Diameter 8% inches, height2% inches. Johnson crest engraved on the top. Owned byMrs
. Early silver of Connecticut and its makers . In the successful siege ofLouisbourg in the island ofCape Breton in 1745, Ward of Guilfordcommanded one of the Con-necticut Companies. Hewas a teetotaler and in-stead of spending his grogmoney for rum, saved it, andwhen he returned to hishome, had the moneywrought into four spoonsand his initials A. W. andLouisbourg engraved onthe backs by his kinsman,BilliousWard. One ofthese spoons is shown in theaccompanying illustration. Paten made by Billious Ward. Diameter 8% inches, height2% inches. Johnson crest engraved on the top. Owned byMrs. Susan Johnson Hudson, Stratford, formerly owned by herancestor, Rev. Dr. Samuel Johnson, first President of KingsCollege, now Columbia UniversityMark: B. W. in rectangle, engrailed at one end Plate xxii. EARLY SILVER OF CONNECTICUT AND ITS MAKERS from 1753 to 1765. He was appointed bythe Assembly to many responsible positions,as auditor, overseer of the Mohegan In-dians, and one of the builders of the light-house at New London in 1760. He wasalso deacon of his fathers church. He iscalled a merchant in the History of NewLondon; but his father, in a deed of giftto Pygan in 1736, calls him a goldsmith,and Joshua Hempstead in his diary hasthree entries which show that, when heneeded anything in the goldsmiths line,he patronized Captain Pygan. In 1735 hebought of him a pair of gold sleeve-buttons,in 1738 some plated buttons, and in 1744Pygan replaced the broken mainspring ofhis
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