Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . PINE-TREE SHILLING. 212 LANDMAKKS OF BOSTON. Meiylit, situated, and its presumption in taking this step was greatly lav(jredby the recent state of affairs in the mother country. The mint was established at John Hull, the silversmiths,house, ami he and his coadjutor, Eobert Sanderson, took oaththat all the money coined by them should be of the just alloyof the English cojne ; that every shilling should be of duethree penny troj weight, and all other piecesproportionably, so neere asthey could. This Avas, in1652, the origin of the oldpin
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . PINE-TREE SHILLING. 212 LANDMAKKS OF BOSTON. Meiylit, situated, and its presumption in taking this step was greatly lav(jredby the recent state of affairs in the mother country. The mint was established at John Hull, the silversmiths,house, ami he and his coadjutor, Eobert Sanderson, took oaththat all the money coined by them should be of the just alloyof the English cojne ; that every shilling should be of duethree penny troj weight, and all other piecesproportionably, so neere asthey could. This Avas, in1652, the origin of the oldpine - tree shiUing. Hullshouse was the same formerlyowned by IJev. John 1654 an order of the Gen-eral Court prohibited the transportation out of its jurisdictionof more than twenty shillings for necessary expenses byany person. Searchers were appointed to examine all packs,persons, trunks, chests, boxes or the like. The penalty wasthe seizure of the whole estate of the offender. Hull began poor, and ended rich, many of his new shillingsfinding their way into his ownstrong-box. He was a very worthyma
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