Whaites, Archibald

Whaites, ArchibaldWhaites, ArchibaldArchibald Whaites 1793 mus instr mkr 82 Queen 1794 " 382 Pearl 1795 " Wine St. Bowery 1796 " Winne St. Bowery 1797-1807 pianoforte mkr 19 Barclay 1808-09 " 262 Bowery 1810-11 " Mott n. Spring 1812-15 " 262 Bowery 1816 widow of Archibald " Whaites was born in England, but immigrated to New York as a young man in 1784 (Libin 1985:163), and learned the piano trade as an apprentice to Thomas Dodds. A Dodds & Claus piano, built c.1792 and now in the collection of…