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Related Notes

Mary Bryant Pratt Sprague

At the time of his death, Sprague

‟

s wife was traveling in Egypt with her two

children for health reasons. She was unable to return for the funeral. Several

years after his death, she married Edward Deshon Brandegee. Her daughter

Marion married John Edward Boit of Jamaica Plain on June 5, 1920. Eleanor

married Wilfred Sefton and lived in Auburn, New York.

Faulkner Farm

Sprague

‟

s Faulkner Farm became generally known as the Brandegee Estate. In

1985 the Estate at 280 Newton St., Brookline was added to the National Register

of Historic Places.

The Peters - Sprague Corkscrew

The corkscrew was sold to Don Bull (Virginia) by Tom Atkinson (Massachusetts)

on April 27, 2002 at the 24th Annual Meeting of Just for Openers held in

Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Footnote

Considering the wealth of Charles Sprague detailed in the above article, we

wonder if he had similar corkscrews engraved for other friends. His funeral was

attended by well over 300 prominent people, many of whom could have received

such gifts from Sprague. Take a close look at your corkscrews of this type and

take a magnifying glass to the end caps

–

perhaps you have one from Charles

Sprague.