The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 26, June 26, 2005, Article 12

MORE ON THE CORNERSTONE 1867 PROOF SET

Last week I asked for more information on the 1867 Proof
Set offered in the June 2005 Drew St. John sale by American
Numismatic Rarities. I hadn't realized that the lot description
was continued on the following page, and there were the answers
to my questions. John Kraljevich of ANR provided the full text
of the lot description, and here are two excerpts:

"This set was laid in the cornerstone of Agricultural Hall in
Hingham, Massachusetts on September 25, 1867. One of the
speakers that day was Solomon Lincoln, Vice President of the
Hingham Agricultural and Horticultural Society but also cashier
of the local Webster Bank of Boston. It is easy to speculate
that perhaps he used his connections in Washington (he was a
former political appointee) or his banking connections to acquire
this Proof set for the celebration. The building was used for
town meetings and civic occasions until 1965; it was razed and
the Hingham Public Library now stands on the site. This set was
transferred to the Hingham Public Library, who deaccessioned
it in 1980. A copy of the original notarized bill of sale from the
library will come with this lot."

"Hingham, Massachusetts had a population of barely 4,000
souls in the late 1860s, nearly a quarter of whom served in the
Civil War. The town is located just south of Boston, near Quincy,
the home of the Adams family."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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