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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 4288946, member: 59"]Smith Ely "chairmaker" was cited in the following sources (list found in the "Craftsperson" file on Ancestry) - </p><p><br /></p><p>Antiques, July 1943, p. 40</p><p>Stowe-Day Foundation "A Selection of 19th Century American Chairs (1973) p. 21</p><p>American Cabinetmakers, Wiliam C. Ketcham Jr. p. 112</p><p>American Windsor Chairs, Nancy G. Evans, #692</p><p><br /></p><p>The file also cites being in partnerships</p><p><br /></p><p>1825-26 and 1827-28 - Ely and Edwards</p><p>1829-1830 - Ely and Nuttman</p><p><br /></p><p>On his own 1830-1832 at 36 Broad St</p><p><br /></p><p>And as a merchant in 1834 and again 1844 at 71 Fulton St. </p><p><br /></p><p>The file also indicates that he was not working after 1844 (possibly because he could not be found in any directory after that time.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 4288946, member: 59"]Smith Ely "chairmaker" was cited in the following sources (list found in the "Craftsperson" file on Ancestry) - Antiques, July 1943, p. 40 Stowe-Day Foundation "A Selection of 19th Century American Chairs (1973) p. 21 American Cabinetmakers, Wiliam C. Ketcham Jr. p. 112 American Windsor Chairs, Nancy G. Evans, #692 The file also cites being in partnerships 1825-26 and 1827-28 - Ely and Edwards 1829-1830 - Ely and Nuttman On his own 1830-1832 at 36 Broad St And as a merchant in 1834 and again 1844 at 71 Fulton St. The file also indicates that he was not working after 1844 (possibly because he could not be found in any directory after that time.)[/QUOTE]
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