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The E-Sylum:  Volume 4, Number 17, April 22, 2001, Article 6

LOUIS JORDAN'S JOHN HULL RESEARCH 

   Paul Hybert reports that a web page containing the results 
   of Louis Jordan's research on John Hull (as discussed in his 
   recent Chicago Coin Club talk) is now available.  The title of 
   the work is "Studies on John Hull, the Mint and the Economics 
   of Massachusetts Coinage"  From the page summary: 

   "The following studies are grouped by topics into four parts. 
   Part one focuses on the Hull and Sanderson homesteads and 
   the exact location of the mint. It begins with a discussion 
   of the Hull family and homestead and continues with an 
   investigation of Hull's shop and its relationship to the mint, 
   followed by a brief study on the Sanderson homestead. The 
   section continues with a discussion, transcription and 
   commentary on the mint and goldsmith shop entries in the 
   surviving portion of John Hull's personal ledger and then 
   concludes with a brief notice on the various Massachusetts 
   Bay colonists named John Hull. 

   Part two concerns production related issues at the mint. 
   The length of time taken to process mint orders is 
   addressed in an examination of turn around time at the mint 
   as reflected in the orders found in the Hull ledger.  This is 
   followed by a discussion of the role Hull and Sanderson 
   may have played in coinage production and continued 
   with an investigation of other individuals that have been 
   mentioned in connection with the mint. 

   Part three deals with the economics of the mint beginning 
   with an analysis of coin weight and minting fees as 
   calculated from the information in Hull's ledger and 
   continues with an explanation of the relationship between 
   the value of British and Massachusetts silver. 

   Part four deals with the history and importance of the eight 
   reales cob coinage.  This section begins with the significance 
   of eight reales in Massachusetts Bay followed by a 
   discussion of the origin and intrinsic value of the eight reales. 
    There is also a history of the value and use of Spanish silver 
   coinage in England and a related study on Spanish silver 
   coinage in Massachusetts Bay." 

   http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/MAMintDocs.studies.html 

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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