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Stockings once worn by Philly’s wealthiest man show the value of women’s mending in early America

By Emily J. Whitted, Ph.D. Candidate in Early American History, UMass Amherst
At the time of his death in 1831, Stephen Girard – a Philadelphia merchant, banker and philanthropist – was the wealthiest man in the United States. In his will, he left the city of Philadelphia an extraordinary gift of roughly US$6 million, which is almost $227 million today.

Girard also left instructions to use a portion of this gift to found a boarding school for…The Conversation


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