Erin : Since you addressed me via the CRV mailing list.....I will respond in kind......... Nope......no one is a dim wit on this mailing list now or ever ! I wasnt intending to be rude or any such thing.....I KNEW the answer and wasnt looking for one... .I was giving the folks a chance to try to answer that question just like the fence viewers or hog reeves questions that had been discussed on the CRV. I gave folks several clues as I knew it would be a difficult one as most folks would think on money or currency which in MOST cases would be true but this was very early New England when currency was not readily available therefore did not apply to this one. " assay master" according to the book: Digging for Genealogical Treasure in NEW ENGLAND Town records" : " 1.They shall inspect and make trial of all heads and worms used in distilling strong liquors, that shall be suspected by them, and if upon their assaying and trial of them, they be found to be made of lead or other base metal, or to have an alloy of lead or of other base metals in them, they shall give notice thereof to the distiller or owner thereof, who shall in such case make no further use under the penalty of 100 pounds" "2. They may enter into any still house or place where such utnesils are suspected to be kept, and cut off so much of them as shall be needful to make an assay or trail of them...." Erin: next time I suggest that you email me privately if you disagree with something.......as you were the only person to complain and put words in my mouth I never used and nor did I imply any such thing <<dim wits>>> << correcting everyone and calling them stupid>> those are YOUR words not mine. If you dont like how I moderate this list.....just put Ct-River-Valley-L-request@rootsweb.com and put one word in the subject box.....unsubscribe...... ........as I will not tolerate pettiness or flaming of ANYONE ( including me) on this list !!!!!!!! Cynthia Moderator of : Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com VTWindso-L@rootsweb.com CTHartfo-L@rootsweb.com ----- Original Message ----- From: rimakesh <rimakesh@ici.net> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 4:44 PM Subject: Fw: [CRV] What is an assay master ?..........no has nothing to do with money/coins or precious metals........ > Cynthia, > What is the correct answer? All the people so far have mentioned metals, > coins, stamps and the approval process. By "correcting" everyone (and > basically calling them stupid) it certainly appears that you have known the > answer all along. Perhaps if you had given the description in the context in > which the term was found you would have been given an answer more to your > liking. Lead is not the only base metal around. In that context you may > have been talking of an alchemist trying to turn lead into gold (not their > only presumed forte), a person who determined if a mine was worth keeping > in determining the ore content and the yield of buried metals in the "mother > lode", it could have been the master minter regulating proportions in coin, > bars, etc. Assay usually has to do with metallurgy and therefore metals. > Erin > I was not trying to be disrespectful of you, but your terminology in > answering everyone who had so graciously gone out of their way to suggest an > answer to you came across this screen as being quite rude. > -----Original Message----- > From: rimakesh <rimakesh@ici.net> > To: ct-river-valley-l@rootsweb.com <ct-river-valley-d-request@rootsweb.com> > Date: Thursday, December 16, 1999 6:34 PM > Subject: Fw: [CRV] What is an assay master ?..........no has nothing to do > with money/coins or precious metals........ > > > Is this just a test for the rest of us must-be dim-wits? > Erin. > -----Original Message----- > From: Cynthia <cyndylou3@earthlink.net> > To: CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Thursday, December 16, 1999 1:52 AM > Subject: Re: [CRV] What is an assay master ?..........no has nothing to do > with money/coins or precious metals........ > > > Erin and List: > > The url below gives the English version of an Assayer / Assay > Master........i want the EARLY New England description........ > Here is a clue: it does have to do with BASE metals i.e. lead or an > alloy of lead........ > Cynthia > Moderator of : > Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com VTWindso-L@rootsweb.com > CTHartfo-L@rootsweb.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: rimakesh <rimakesh@ici.net> > Subject: Fw: [CRV] What is an assay master > > >From this site http://www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/trades.html > > ASSAY MASTER > > The person who determined the amount of gold or silver to go in coins. > > ASSAYER > > A person who determined the proportions of metal in ore. > > Erin > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________ > > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ...type in Ct-River Valley ..and when the query pages comes up, put in the name of town and state) > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L/ > http://www.quadrangle.org (genealogical lib for Conn River area) > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > >