These  investigations  have  been  carried  on  by
the  kind  permission  and  through  the  liberality  of
The  Gorham  Manufacturing  Company.  The  writ-
er's thanks  are  due  to  the  rectors  and  custodians  of
the  churches  mentioned,  to  Mr.  Samuel  T.  Crosby
and  Mr.  A.  W.  Kennard,  of  Boston,  to  Mr.  I.  F.
P.  Lawton,  of  Providence,  and  to  the  owners
of  the  numerous  pieces  of  plate  illustrated  or
described.
Special  thanks  are  likewise  due  to  Mr.  C.  de  R.
Rowland,  of  New  York,  Prof.  T.  S.  Woolsey,  of
New  Haven,  and  Dr.  Francis  H.  Brown,  of  Bos-
ton, for  placing  their  notes  on  old  silver  at  his  dis-
posal, and  to  other  kind  friends  who  have  supplied
information,  sketches,  etc.,  and  to  Mr.  Ingalls
Kimball,  of  The  Cheltenham  Press,  the  publisher,
for  his  interest  in  the  work.
Impressions  or  rubs  of  marks  on  old  silver,  es-
pecially those  engraved  with  dates  of  presentation,
will  be  very  acceptable,  as  will  also  be  any  accounts
of  native  silversmiths.  J.  H.  B.
Mount  Vernon,  New  York,
February,  1903.
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