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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – A 17th-century caudle cup that belonged to the Puritan congregation of the First Church of Christ in Farmington, Connecticut, and was used there as a vessel for sacramental wine, was recently acquired by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, making it the earliest piece of American silver in its famed collection. The cup, wrought […]
Halloween, a shortened form of “All Hallow Even,” marks the eve of All Saints Day, when souls of the dead and undead roam the earth. In olden times, it evoked not only mankind’s fear of the dark but also of dark powers. When wild winds whistled or will-o’-wisps glimmered through midnight mists, some folk kept […]
PHILADELPHIA – In 1792, President George Washington appointed scientist David Rittenhouse to launch the first US Mint in the nation’s then-capital, Philadelphia. It is said that Washington, who lived only a few blocks from the Mint, even donated some of his own personal silver to help launch the fledgling monetary system.