In researching H King I found an interesting tidbit. Messers King and Halsted were almost certainly acquainted as Hezekiah King began his business life in 1840 with JD Wolfe, Bishop, and Co .
Located at 87 Maiden Lane!
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In researching H King I found an interesting tidbit. Messers King and Halsted were almost certainly acquainted as Hezekiah King began his business life in 1840 with JD Wolfe, Bishop, and Co .
Located at 87 Maiden Lane!
What an amazing blade you've got there.
Cant give any background, but here's my widdle 6/8" It suffers from width envy for sure.
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Here, I hope, is the link to the book from which Neil snipped his image, the Scoville book.....kind of fascinating reading if you look in the index for Boisseau...then turn the pages. I think the tale for our purposes begins on page 44:
https://archive.org/details/oldmerchantsofne04scovuoft
Many thanks to the OP and Tom & Neil, this has been really fun!
Thank you all for researching this puzzle. Most unexpected to find D.C. Halsted was a New York merchant. :chapeau