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The first stove and tin shop in Pittsfield stood here about 1836. In 1866, the building was acquired by the infamous “Dr.” G.G. Wilkins and became known as Ft. Wilkins. There he sold firearms and animal pelts, practiced tooth filling and extractions as an adjunct to barbering and hair dressing, and kept an eating house and saloon. Out front he kept a caged bear, and in his spare time he counter stamped thousands of coins that are collectors items today. He was twice convicted of illegally selling liquor, but was discharged in a notorious case for allegedly hiring a man to burn the barn of A.J. Sherburne.
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Pittsfield, New Hampshire · United States
