The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 6, February 11, 2007, Article 8

MORE AMERICAN MEDALLIC NUMISMATIC LITERATURE: JEFFERSON AND VATTEMARE

John Adams writes: "Here are two more suggestions for your medal
Bibliography:

"1) The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, edited by Julian Boyd. Volume
XVI of this magnificent series has a wealth of primary material on
the creation of the Comitia Americana medals, arguably the most
important historical medals that this country has produced;

"2) Alexandre Vattemare's Collection de monnaies et medailles de
l'Amerique du Nord...This scarce volume contains a listing of U.S.
medals which, for its time (1861) was amazingly complete. It is sad
but true that the recipient of Vattemare's largesse, the Bibliotheque
Nationale, has lost or misplaced most of the collection."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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