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Spalding, Philip Leffingwell, 1871-1938.

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dates 1871-1938
city Boston
stateMA
other citiesIthaca, NY; Cambridge, MA; Philadelphia, PA;
sex M
historical notes Businessman and Financier, Philip Leffingwell Spalding collected early American silver specializing in Boston silver. In his memory, Spalding's collection was gifted to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston by his wife and children (wife Katherine Hobart Ames).

For further information related to Spalding's gift to the MFA see The Walpole Society note book, 1942 [http://arcade.nyarc.org:80/record=b509924~S6]

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