18-- U.S. Large Cent, Counterstamp "P. BARTON / CAIRO" (Pliny Barton, Cairo, NY)

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18-- U.S. Large Cent (the date is worn)
Countermarked "P. BARTON / CAIRO"
The host coin is dark brown.
NOTE: The coin dated 1817 (in the photos) is NOT part of this lot.
Issuer: Pliny Barton
Occupation: Manufacturer of scythes, shears, etc
Place of issue: Cairo, Greene County, New York
Date of issue: Circa 1817 - 1832
Brunk plate coin ?
Ex. Q. David Bowers collection.
Ex. Bowers & Merena, Baron Von Stetton Buchenbach Sale (11/1986, lot 5075).
Research Notes:
There are only two countermarked coins known from this issuer, from two different styles of punch marks. I sold the other example last week, and this is the second example.
There is a large amount of information available on Pliny Barton and his factory works located in Cairo, New York. Barton’s factory ruins are still visible deep in the woods. I explored the factory ruins with the local town historian, and they are an AMAZING sight, buried deep in the woods, next to a stream, which the factory used to generate water power for the Trip Hammer (stamping hammer). I visited the site on 26 May 2009.
U.S. Federal Census (Pliny Barton):
1810 - Spencer, Worcester County, Mass.
1820 - Cairo, Greene County, New York.
Greene County Historical Society and Vedder Memorial Research Library:
- http://www.vedderlibrary.org/
- They have a Barton family folder, with lots of information.
New England Historical and Geneaological Register:
- Pliny Liberty Barton manufactured scythes.....
- He was born in Massachussets.
- He married in Cairo, New York in 1836.
- He moved to Salisbury, Connecticut in 1841.
Cairo Town Historian (Bob Uzzilia):
- I met with Bob for several hours. We looked over the Cairo tax assessment lists, and explored the Pliny Barton factory ruins along the stream where the factory was located (26 May 2009).
Cairo Tax Assessment Lists:
1819 - Not listed.
1822 - Trip Hammer shop and house
1823 - Trip Hammer shop and Water Convenience
1824 - Trip Hammer establishment
1826 - Trip Hammer
1827 - Trip Hammer
1828 - Trip Hammer
1829 - Trip Hammer
History of Greene County, Vol. 1, 1651 – 1800, J. Van Vechten Vedder, County Historian:
- CAIRO VILLAGE (page 214): About 1809 a scythe factory was established near the residence of Paul Raeder, a few rods north of the village of Cairo, by Daniel Campbell. At the end of three years he sold out to Pliny Barton, who continued the business for about 20 years.
From "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register", Volume 84, Oct. 1930, pg 418:
- Pliny [Barton] moved from Oxford to Spensor, MA, later to Cairo, Green County, NY and finally to Olive, NY. He was a manufacturer of scythes and of shears for woolen cloth.
See also http://www.bartonsite.org/
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