Caspar Wistar (glassmaker)

Caspar Wistar (born Caspar Wüster) (February 3, 1696 – March 21, 1752) was a Holy Roman Empire-born glassmaker and landowner in Pennsylvania.

One of the first German colonists in Pennsylvania, he became a leader of that community and prospered in land transactions. He “arrived in Philadelphia in 1717 with nearly no money; at the time of his death in 1752, his wealth outstripped that of the contemporary elite more than threefold...an immigrant’s path to achieving the American Dream."

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