Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-06-11

The Pine free Shilling.

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: ihorues writings and purporting 10 be
. History Of The coinage Of the famous PA
. Tree Shilling. last spring an article ap
} peared in various Vermont rarers bases
it would scsm. upon the former story aus
connecting the Hen. Thomas Waterman
i. Of johnson with the history referred to.
Allow me to give q statement ct th'
Hhols controversy a. had IL frOmJudg'
Waterman himself ard from ancient dOcu
msnis nov in his possession.
The coinage of the Pine Tree Shilling
was made by Capt. William Hull aud tbs
account as given by Hawthorne is sub
siantially correct. Capt Hull bciag aP
pointed b. the colonial government to The
task Of providing coin that would take
the place Of the circulating medium iher
in use. and to provide for the manufacture
Of such a coin the colonies contributed
T rroa their stores Of silver ware, jewolry,
triukets &c, brought from tho Northern
Country. These Capt. Hull received and
from them the frst Coinsgc was made.
But the correction | desired TO make
has reference more to the story of the
marriage portion of the daughter Of Capt.
Hull, and ofthc descendants 0 + the Hull
family and the connection with the present
Judge Waterman.
Elizabeth Hull daughter Of Capt. VIM.
Hull, married John Allyn, aud i, was said
that on her wedding day her father gave
her as a marriage portion, Pine Tree Shil-
lings in amount equal to her weight, or as
the story goes, placed her in one balance
and filed the other to true weight with
shillings.
This is incorrect. Her dover was not
all in coin but on the contrary was much
more valuable, consisting, beside large
amount Of money, Of silver plate, jowlery.
aud trinkets, parcel of the contributions
Of the colouists, that had been saved by
CAPT. Hull from the cruciblo as being Of
too great value to be coined. 1t will be
remembered that Capt. Hull as rcmu-
neration for the labor Of coming was to
receive a certain percentage Of all ma
tcrial used. In quantity the marriage
portion Of Elizabeth Hull was said 10 have
been about half bushel measure Of coin
and plate.
\ daughter Of John Allyn aud Eliza
beth (HulD Allen married in 1891, Thorn
as Waterman, great grandfather Of
Thomas Waterman now living in Johns'u.
Afterwards in her declining years, on
an assembling Of her descendants upon
Thanksgiving day, Elizabeth (HulD Al
Ign divided in gifts to them what had been
left Of the wedding gift Of her father her
daughter, wife Of Thomas Waterman, re-
ccivng some among them being a silver
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Thomas Waterman, great.grandlather
of Thomas Waterman Of johnson, in l7OS
ho,d 49, ons;or oor,;ss;on urao, C,oon
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Ann Luis commission Is 10" III tue
possession of Judge Waterman and reads
as follows =
Guraor s,Itonst.Il ESQ Cnverrcr and
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colony OF Connecticut III New England
10 Thomas Waterman, Gent, greeting =
Now being BY the General Assembly of
The co,onv ,c,or.ed 70 bo Ersirno If
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