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SAMUEL BELKNAP (1751-1821)John Lupia submitted the following information from the online draft of his book of numismatic biographies for this week's installment of his series.
Thanks. As always, this is an excerpt with the full article and bibliography available online. This week's subject is early Boston collector Samuel Belknap. -Editor
Samuel Belknap (1751-1821), was born on May 28, 1751, son of Jeremiah Belknap (1686-1751), and Mary Rand Belknap, at Boston, Massachusetts. He is listed in the 1789 Boston Directory working as a goldsmith and jeweler at his shop located at 30 Cornhill, Boston, Massachusetts. He donated several coins and Continental paper money to the cabinet of the Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) reported by his elder half brother Rev. Jeremy Belnap (1744-1798), Founder of the Society and Corresponding Secretary on August 3, 1796 in the local newspaper, the Columbian Centinel. The report says he donated an English coin of Queen Elizabeth, a 10 shilling note of New Hampshire dated 1737, a 10 shilling note of Massachusetts dated 1742, and a key to the French Fort of Annapolis taken in 1710. Belknap's donation gives us a window to the numismatic collecting culture in the late eighteenth century providing evidence that historical Continental paper money was already collected and conserved as collectible heirlooms of early Americana for a cabinet. He died June 20, 1821 at Boston, Massachusetts. He is buried at Granary Burying Ground. Massachusetts coinage minted John Hull is also interred at the Granary Burying Ground. -Editor To read the complete article, see:
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