Silversmiths and Apprentices in Williamsburg Virginia

17-18th centuries. Featured is William Rowsay's Trade Card. William Rowsay apprenticed under James Craig as a silversmith and later opened his shop in the same building at his brother, John's mercantile store.

Emigrants from London, Switzerland, France (French Huguenots) all sailed on to the Virginia colony in the ear in the colony.

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