Paul Revere was an American silversmith, engraver, folk hero, early industrialist, Sons of Liberty member, and Patriot. He is best known for his midnight ride to alert the colonial militia in April 1775 to the approach of British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord, as dramatized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1861 poem, "Paul Revere's Ride".
Garret Augustus Hobart was the 24th vice president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his death in 1899. Prior to serving as vice president, Hobart was an influential New Jersey businessman, politician and political operative.
John Canfield Spencer was an American lawyer, politician, judge and United States Cabinet secretary in the administration of President John Tyler.
Earl Cowley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1857 for the diplomat Henry Wellesley, 2nd Baron Cowley. He was Ambassador to France from 1852 to 1867. He was made Viscount Dangan, of Dangan in the County of Meath, at the same time as he was given the earldom. This title is also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Lord Cowley was the eldest son of Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley, who like his son served as Ambassador to France. In 1828 he was created Baron Cowley, of Wellesley in the County of Somerset, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. A member of the prominent Wellesley family, Cowley was the fifth and youngest son of Garret Wellesley, 1st Earl of Mornington, and the younger brother of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley.
Thomas Worthington was an American politician who served as the sixth governor of Ohio.
George Clinton Jr. was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. representative from New York from 1805 to 1809.
Ambrose Spencer was an American lawyer and politician.
Erastus Root was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He is most notable for serving four separate non-consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives in the early 19th Century.
Paul Storr was an English goldsmith and silversmith working in the Neoclassical and other styles during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. His works range from simple tableware to magnificent sculptural pieces made for royalty.
Gulian Crommelin Verplanck was an American attorney, politician, and writer. He was elected to the New York State Assembly and Senate, and later to the United States House of Representatives from New York, where he served as chairman of the influential House Ways and Means Committee.
Black, Starr & Frost, previously known as Marquand and Co, is an American jewelry company. Founded in 1810 as Marquand and Co., the company is the oldest continuously operating jewelry firm in the United States. The company has acted as a retailer, rather than manufacturer, for most of its history.
R. Wallace & Sons was formed in Wallingford, Connecticut, and incorporated in 1879. As of 1893, this company manufactured silver and plated ware and cutlery and had about 600 employees.
Bartholomew Le Roux was an early American silversmith, active in New York City.
Jacob Boelen was an early American silversmith, active in New York City. He was father to silversmith Henricus Boelen.
Cary Dunn was an American silversmith, active in New York City and New Jersey.
William W. Gilbert was an American silversmith, active in New York City.
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.
Saunders Pitman, also known as Sanders Pitman, was an American silversmith, active in Providence, Rhode Island.
William Thomson (1777–1833) was an American silversmith active in New York City. He had shops at 399 Broadway and William Street, and was commissioned by the City to make a silver service for Captain Samuel Chester Reid for gallant bravery at the Battle of Fayal. His work is collected in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of the City of New York, and Winterthur Museum.
Jacobus Van Der Spiegel, also known as Jacobus Vander Spiegel, was an early American silversmith, active in New York City.
