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@Jimsokay My thoughts would to first join the Civil War Token Society. http://cwtsociety.com/ Their quarterly publications feature outstanding member research. You can also acquire the essential Fuld… (View Post)

As noted above”Lincoln’s Metallic Imagery” by Paul Cunningham is my-go to reference for Lincolnania. The Lincoln medal pictured is listed as Cunningham 09-380S, 31 mm, in silver. Also produced in sev… (View Post)

Continuing my Jackson, MI store card posts, here is the third of the three merchants from that town. At the age of 35 Simon Holland came to Napoleon Township in Jackson County Michigan. Holland moved… (View Post)

Another store card from my Michigan collection. Horace S. Ismon (1824-1904) came to Albion, Michigan with his family from their native New York in 1845. Horace soon settled in Jackson where he worked… (View Post)

@DCW The City of Jackson was founded in 1829 and named Jacksonburg, in honor of President Jackson.later changed to Jackson. This was before William Jackson arrived. Mr. Jackson was born, raised, and … (View Post)