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and sells all sorts of Windsor Chairs in the neatest manner, and 
on the lowest terms. From the great demand for this kind of 
manufacture in this State, and the encouragement promised him 
by a number of Gentlemen in this vicinity, he flatters himself 
with the prospect of a large run of business, and promises every 
attention to deserve the favours of the Public." 
In the "Courant," June 25, 1787, he "informs the 
public, that he continues to make Windsor Chairs, 
in the best manner, at his House a little north of the 
State House in Hartford - Those Ladies or Gentle- 
men who will please to favor him with their Custom, 
may depend on having their work done in the gen- 
teelest manner, and on as reasonable terms for pay 
in hand, as in New-York." Mr. Stackhouse returned 
to New York about 1795. 
In " The New-Haven Gazette and the Connecti- 
cut Magazine," February 22, 1787, under a cut of a 
Windsor chair, "Alpheus Hews, from New-Jersey, 
begs leave to inform his friends and the public in 
general that he carries on the business of Windsor 
Chair Making in Chapel St. in New Haven, where 
may be had any Number of Windsor Settees, and 
Garden Chairs, made in the neatest manner and dif- 
ferent fashions, also some very convenient for Chil- 
dren." 
In "The United States Chronicle," Providence, 
R. I., July 19, 1787, Daniel Lawrence "informs the 
respectable Public, that he carries on the chairmak-