S. ARCHIE HAMILTON (1890-1920)

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The E-Sylum: Volume 23, Number 41, October 11, 2020, Article 16

S. ARCHIE HAMILTON (1890-1920)

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 Iowa paper money dealer Archie Hamilton. -Editor

S. Archie Hamilton (1890-1920), was born January 15, 1890, at Cresco, Iowa, son of S. Archie Hamilton, a railroad brakeman, and later on a farmer. He attended Cresco Public School, and graduated Page Davis Advertising School.

Hamilton was a paper money dealer from 1915 - 1920 operating his company S. Archie Hamilton Co.

From 1908-1909, he worked for one year in Minneapolis as a printer and returned to Cresco with his own printers shop.

He was a member of the ANA, Chicago Coin Club, Modern Woodman of America, Maple Camp No. 1344.

In April 1918 he was sent to a Modern Woodman Sanitarium, Woodman, Colorado.

Archie Hamilton Phil Gosspi V.3. No. 7, March 1917 270

He died of tuberculosis on June 11, 1920 at a sanitarium in Davenport, Iowa. He was survived by his parents and siblings Mabel, Fred, Harry, and George. He is buried in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Cresco, Iowa.

To read the complete article, see:
HAMILTON, ARCHIE (http://www.numismaticmall.com/numismaticmall-com/hamilton-archie)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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