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."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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