Henry Moffett, realizing that the advent of the tractor and automobile would eliminate the need for his business, displayed considerable foresight by collecting blacksmithing tools all over the Washington area.
"Frying Pan Farm"
Elizabeth Brown Pryor
He has taught himself the gentle arts of gunsmithing and blacksmithing.
"The New North"
Agnes Deans Cameron
In January, 1797, he moved from Canaan to the town of Plymouth, in the same County, and in the following spring built a blacksmith shop, which was large enough for three or four men to work at the nail making business, besides carrying on the blacksmithing.
"History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Years, and Life of Chauncey Jerome"
Chauncey Jerome