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From: "shamus12017" <shamus12017@yahoo.com>
Subject: Jacob Perkins
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15 MAY 2006
Hi all --
Dave Bowers is quite correct. The building facing Fruit street was=20
Perkins' residence. The three story building at the rear of the house
was an engraving and printing plant built specifically for that purpose=20
and operated by his brother Abraham. The engraving & printing plant=20
backed up to Otis Place just off Garden Street and State Street. They=20
did a tremendous business in banknote and check printing. There was=20
never any consideration that it would be a mintsite.
The premier study on Jacob Perkins is "Jacob Perkins. His Inventions,=20
His Times, and His Contempories" by Grenville & Dorothy Bathe. 1943,=20=20
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. A limited edition of 200=20
copies. See pages 30-35 plus illustrations of the house, a map of=20
locations, and discussions of the financing of the plant. See also=20
CNL pages 499 and 1001.=20
Shamus
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Re: [Colonial Numismatics] Jacob Perkins residence - from E-
Sylum
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Mon, 15 May 2006 16:44:15 -0700 (PDT)
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Chris Stevens <noe1oak@yahoo.com>
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colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com
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colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com
Fascinating stuff on Perkins....
I know there is other research ongoing by another
member of the group, but I won't spoil the surprise
unless they want to bring it up... (?)
Yes, we had a blast with Clem (as usual)... a few
drinks, a few coins, more than a few laughs, etc.
Coincidentally enough, I brought one of my favorites
out for a few pops that night, and shared it with
Clem.... (My Skull & Crossbones Funeral medal)
P.S- Add me to the NJ list at a meager dozen pieces.
-CS
--- Ray Williams <njraywms@optonline.net> wrote:
> Thanks Clem!
> Thinking of the Stevens brothers reminds me of
> current events concerning a Jacob Perkins residence
> in MA that a group of concerned people are trying to
> save. (The Stevens have done a lot of study on
> Perkins). Let me post two comments on the building
> that I read on the E-Sylum tonight. Wayne Homren is
> the editor of this free weekly numismatic post and I
> highly recommend joining. It covers many different
> aspects of numismatics including colonial. Those
> wishing to become new E-Sylum subscribers can go to
> the following web page:
> https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum
> Try it for a few weeks (every Sunday) and if it's
> not for you, then unsubscribe. Wayne is an active
> member of the NBS (Numismatic Bibliomania Society)
> and your address will not be compromised. I've been
> receiving E-Sylum for years.
> Ray
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> DID PERKINS MINT OR PRINT IN NEWBURYPORT BUILDING?=20
> MAYBE NOT
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> Karl Moulton writes: "Here's what research I
> uncovered about=20
> the Perkins building on Fruit Street in Newburyport.
> This=20
> information, along with other early U.S. Mint
> engravers, is=20
> included in my forthcoming book about Henry Voigt.
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> Jacob Perkins operated a large, multi-story
> engraving facility=20
> at Market Square in Newburyport prior to 1792. He
> had the skills=20
> and equipment to engrave small metallic objects.=20
> Perkins was=20
> called to the Philadelphia Mint in June of 1792 by
> his friend,=20
> Tristram Dalton, now the new Mint Treasurer, who was
> also from=20
> Newburyport. Perkins brought with him some of his
> own machines=20
> for edge lettering and planchet cutting, which could
> have even=20
> been adapted for steam use. That's why we see such
> things as=20
> the vine and bars Large Cents and lettered edges on
> some of=20
> the coins beginning in 1793=20
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> As for the building on Fruit Street that is being
> considered=20
> for restoration as a minting facility, from what I
> have gathered,=20
> it was the merely Perkins family residence and was
> not used in=20
> connection to his business. The Perkins family was
> large, with=20
> nine children. Whether this situation changed later
> when Jacob=20
> later moved to Philadelphia, I can't say with
> certainty.
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> However, it is quite possible he took small pocket
> size items=20
> home to work on, such as the 1800 Washington funeral
> die=20
> (illustration in The Numismatist, August 1959,
> p.938), the=20
> portrait being copied from his earlier rendition of
> President=20
> Washington as seen on the rejected pattern for the
> 1793 dollar.=20
> As far as can be determined, there was no equipment
> at his=20
> residence to strike any coins or medals."=20=20
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> Dave Bowers writes: "As to Jacob Perkins, in my new
> book (Paper=20
> Money Issued by Banks in the United States
> 1782-1866) there will=20
> be a chapter on him. There will probably be 100
> pages on Perkins,=20
> 90% numismatic.=20=20
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> The building on Fruit Street, now extant, has
> nothing to do with=20
> his making Washington funeral medals or any other
> coins; it was=20
> never a mint. Earlier, he was at another address in
> town. Jacob=20
> headed off for England after spending some time in
> Philadelphia=20
> in the mid-1810s, after which time the factory
> remained in operation.=20
> Then in the early 1830s the business was moved to
> Boston and melded=20
> into the New England Bank Note Co., recently
> formed."
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