Abel Buell of Connecticut: Silversmith, Type Founder & Engraver

xiv, 102 pp. 8vo. A biography of the creator of the first map of the United States printed by an American (A New and correct Map of the United States of North America Layd down from the latest Observations and best Authorities agreeable to the Peace of 1783), who was also the first American to design and cast type. Buell tried his hand at many professions, including goldsmith, silversmith, jewelry designer, engraver, surveyor, printer, type manufacturer, mint master, textile miller, and counterfeiter.