VISITING JACOB PERKINS' HOMESTEAD 上市 Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 6, Number 23, June 8, 2003, Article 11
VISITING JACOB PERKINS' HOMESTEAD
W. David Perkins writes: "I was in Newburyport, Mass.
Tuesday and Wednesday, June 4th & 5th, and while there
I visited Jacob Perkins' house and mint building! I am a
distant relative of Jacob Perkins, thus my interest in him is
genealogical as well as numismatic.It turns out that Jacob Perkins' house in Newburyport was
only one house away from the current location for the
Newburyport Historical Society building and museum.
The house is still standing and lived in today. The curator
of the Historical Society and I got into a discussion on Jacob
Perkins. He turned out to be a knowledgeable and enthusiastic
source of information on Jacob Perkins!. Among other items,
he showed me a picture of "Jacob Perkins' engraving Plant"
on Fruit Street in Newburyport. I had walked by the Jacob
Perkins house earlier, and had noticed a three story brick
building behind it. I confirmed the building was still there and
that it was the one that I had noticed. The Historical Society
property backs up to this brick building, and he offered to take
me over to it. The first floor of this building, which likely was
his engraving shop, is now sadly an automobile garage! (behind
the house). Yes, I did touch the building and the house, just
for good measure.On a "non-numismatic note," the next day in Ipswich, Mass.
while taking a tour of the Whipple House (built around 1667,
if I remember correctly) the tour guide pointed out a walking
stick (cane) owned by John Perkins of Ipswich, the first of
my Perkins line to come to America (early 1630s). Labeled
"do not touch," an exception was made for me.Needless to say, a good couple of days."
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