We continue to enjoy The E-Sylum and thank you for producing it.

I thought I would mention my wife Jane's article about a newly attributed Baltimore Civil War token appeared in the Winter 2008 issue of The Civil War Token Journal. It is titled "Proof at Last - Ahern & Broadbent Civil War Token". Jane searched many Civil War era newspapers and other sources in order to locate the advertisements when the company began and ended, as well as detailed histories about Mr. Ahern and Mr. Broadbent. Since there was not a city directory for Baltimore in 1864, it was not possible to merely locate the company in a directory.

We are working with George Fuld and John Ostendorf on Baltimore tokens which should be added to the book on Civil War tokens. John has taken on a large task being the coordinator, and has been working very hard.