Container List Record
Metadata
Object ID number |
2013.04.083 |
Container |
Box 3 |
Description |
Photocopy of newspaper article (newspaper not listed, no date) by Michale J. Salvatore reports how fathering a "child out of wedlock" caused Eliphalet Chapin to flee to Philadelphia. While in Philadelphia, Chain worked as a cabinetmaker and learned the newest Chippendale style. Chapin returned to CT in 1770, built a shop on Main Street, South Windsor, CT. With his cousin Aaron Chapin and later Aaron's son Laertes, they established successful business. Chapin was known for the "ball and claw" foot; and they utilized assembly-line procedures to make their furniture. The article also describes his marriages and children. |