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51889.v.1 – The Greville Stradivarius of 1726 / Edward D. Adams., 1889
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1with Gilkes the violin-maker as an apprentice, he used often to see the "Strad.," its owner frequently bringing it to the shop. It would be about 1826. It afterwards passed to Col. Stodart's son, and remained with him until his death, when, through the medium of Messrs. Hart & Son, it became the property of Mr. R. D. Hawley, of Hartford, Conn., April 8, 1879, and is, at this date, now transferred by sale to Edward D. Adams, Esq., of New-York.
3Dated, Hartford, Conn.
4Oct. 1, 1889.
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