Abstract
SAMUEL Higley (1687–1737),1 an early Colonial physician, is well known to students of America's industrial history as one of the actors in the dramatic story of iron and steel2 3 4 and to the numismatic fraternity as the minier5 of the Higley Copper coin or token. Samuel Higley was born in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, of an old and prominent family even at this early date in America. His father was active in public affairs, serving as Captain of Militia, Justice of the Peace, Judge of the County Court and member of the General Assembly. Samuel showed the same energy and mental . . .
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