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TheNewsletter ofMedal Collectors ofAmerica Volume12Number 4 April2009 From the Editor 3 Board Members JohnW.Adams,President JohnSallay,VicePresident,[email protected] Presidential's June Sale Filled With BarryD.Tayman,Treasurer DavidT.Alexander,[email protected] Medal Delights 3 RobertF.Fritsch,[email protected] DavidMenchell,[email protected] Medalist Eugene Daub to Speak at ScottMiller,[email protected] IraRezak,[email protected] Los Angeles ANA Convention 3 DonaldScarinci,[email protected] MichaelTurrini,[email protected] BenjaminWeiss,Webmaster The Treaty of Ryswick: The Effects it had on the Americas 4 (bySkylerLiechty) JohnW.Adams,Editor 99HighStreet,11th floor Betts 158 8 (byJohnW.Adams) Boston,MA02110 [email protected] Some Background on the Elusive BarryTayman,Treasurer 3115NestlingPineCourt Betts 35 (byGeorgeFuld) 10 EllicottCity,MD21042 [email protected] MCA Launches Medal Interviews BenjaminWeiss,Webmaster As Oral History on Its Web Site [email protected] AlanStahl’sInterview(byD.WayneJohnson) 11 Website:medalcollectors.org EditorofCollectors’Guide, DickJohnson Letters to the Editor 16 ([email protected]) Dues: $30.00/Year$50.00/2years Calendar Annual MeetingAugust7,2009 at3:30p.m. What’s New on OurWebsite! LosAngelesConventionCenter,LosAngeles,CA CHECKOUTOURWEBSITEEVERYMONTH 1 2 From the Editor http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/pages/pag e.php?id=9524 OurmeetinginLos Angeles onAugust will featuretheCarl Carlson andGloriaStamm Medalist Eugene Daub to Speak Chamberlainawards. This year’s recipients at Los Angeles ANA Convention will benamedinourMayissue. Also featured at ourAugustmeetingwill beatalkbyHenry “Scott”Goodmanonthemedals ofKarl Goetz. Renownedmedalist andsculptor, Scott,apioneerinthestudyofthis important EugeneDaubwill bethemainspeakerat the series, will haveagreat deal of new annual joint meetingoftheAmericanIsrael informationtoshare. NumismaticAssociationandtheIsrael Coins TonyLopez is totallyserious about his andMedals Corporation,heldat theAmerican project named“ShouldaBeeninBetts.” We NumismaticAssociation’s World’s Fairof kickit offwithapieceinthecurrent issue,but Money®at theLos Angeles ConventionCenter. thereis abuildingbacklogofmaterial tocome Daubwill speakat 1:00PM onThursday, from others. From theseenthusiasts will August 6th.Theillustratedtalkwill beon emergeacommitteethat will,wehope,launch medals hehas designedforTheJewish- amulti-yeareffort tore-write“Betts”inits AmericanHall ofFame(MoeBerg,Milton entirety. BerleandBarneyRoss); it will befreeand TheBoardofMCAhas votedtoraise opentothepublic. theannual dues from $20to$30. Members EugeneDaubhas also createdmedals sendinginchecks by5/31/09mayuse theold fortheAmericanNumismaticSociety,The rate. NewYorkNumismaticClub,andBrookgreen Gardens. Heis therecipientofthehighest Presidential's June Sale Filled national awards formedallicart: theAmerican NumismaticSociety’s J.SanfordSaltus Award With Medal Delights forSignal Achievement intheArt oftheMedal andtheAmericanNumismaticAssociation’s JoeLevinereports that his JuneAuction NumismaticArt AwardforExcellencein at theWhitmanBaltimoreCoinU&Currency MedallicSculpture.Daubis thevicepresident ConventiononJune13will befilledwith oftheAmericanMedallicSculpture qualityart medals. Chiefamongtheofferings is Association,andaFellowoftheNational acollectionof64AmericanNumismatic SculptureSociety.His most recent sculptural Societymedals. Also featuredis acollectionof achievements includeportrayals ofThomas medallicash trays, Janet Scudderportrait Jefferson at theUniversityofVirginia,Bob plaques andmedals from theEstateofthe HopecommissionedbytheCityofSanDiego, painter,William Merritt Chase. Intotal,there andHarveyMil!kat theSanFranciscoCity areseveral hundredAmericanart medals with Hall. virtuallyeveryimportant Americanmedalist Inaddition,representatives from the from thelate19thandearly20thcentury Israel Coins andMedals Corporationwill give represented. sneakpreviews ofupcomingnewissues of Joewill bepleasedtosenda coins, medals, etc.Forfurtherinformationcall complimentarycopyofthesaletoMCA Mel Wacks, President ofAINA,at (818)225- members whorequest one.Requests shouldbe 1348oremail [email protected]. madeviae-mail to: [email protected]. Acopyofthesalecanbedownloaded beginningMay8at 3 The Treaty of Ryswick: The DutchStadtholder-KingWilliam III,andVictor AmadeustheDukeofSavoy. effects it had on the Americas TheNineYears'War,also knowas the (bySkylerLiechty.AspecialthankstoTonyLopezfor “WaroftheGrandAlliance”orthe “Warofthe hishelp) LeagueofAugsburg”was wagedfrom 1688to 1697.Themajorityoftheaters wereon Seventeenthandeighteenthcentury mainlandEurope,but it also encompassed Europewas envelopedwithnumerous wars, battlesinIrelandandNorthAmerica.Thefirst manyof whichredefinedtheworldas it was phases started totakeshapethedayafterLouis known.Duringthis twohundredyearperiod, XIVissuedhis manifesto MémoiredeRaisons, several peacetreaties wereenteredintothat whichwas his justificationfortakingtoarms. ultimatelytransformedterritorial boundaries TheRhinewas crossedbyFrenchforces,which andthepowerstructurethroughout thewhole actedas aforerunnertoinvadingPhilippsburg ofEurope.Additionallytheyhadprofound andotherRhinelandtowns. Thedual purpose impacts onNorthAmerica,SouthAmerica,and ofsuchaggressionservedtoboth intimidatethe theCaribbeanislands. Oneexampleofsucha Germanstatesintoacceptinghis conditions - treatywas theTreatyofRyswick.Thetreaty consisting ofturningintoapermanent was namedafterRyswickintheDutch resolutiontheterms oftheTreatyofRatisbon, Republic; it was signedon20September1697. andthat FürstenburgbeappointedArchbishop- ThetreatysettledtheNineYears'War,in ElectorofCologne- andalso toencouragethe whichtheGrandAllianceofEngland,Spain, OttomanTurks topersevereintheirown theHolyRomanEmpire,andtheUnited struggles against theEmperorintheeast.Many Provinces werepittedagainst France.This believedthat Louis XIVhadhoped for,and treatywouldhave lastingeffects onEurope,as evenanticipated,aquickresolution.Withthe well as NorthAmerica,SouthAmerica,andthe crossingoftheRhine,however,his longest war Caribbeanislands.Tofullyunderstandthe todatehadbegun. ramifications ofthis treatyit is essential to InNorthAmerica,theNineYears War understandtheevents that leduptothesigning was commonlyknownas“KingWilliam's ofthetreaty. War”. This was thefirst oftheFrenchand FollowingtheFranco-Dutchwarin IndianWars, whichwould ultimatelyspan 1678,KingLouis XIVemergedas arguablythe nearlyeight decades, andthroughtwo most powerful monarchinWesternEurope. centuries,from 1689-1763infourseparate Theuseoftactics includingaggression, identified wars. KingWilliam's Warwas fought annexation,andlegal means immediatelyset a betweenEnglandandthe Iroquois,andFrance courseforaFrenchattempt at extendingits andthe Algonquins. Theaterswouldencompass gains. Louis not onlyconsolidatedthosegains, thecolonies ofCanada(NewFrance),Acadia, but also brought about stabilityandstrengthon andNewEngland.AfterWilliam ofOrange- all frontiers. Thetactics employedandthe whohadjust beendeclaredKingofEnglandby combinationofbelligerenceandarrogance theEnglish Parliament intheDeclarationof wouldleadtotheeventual formingofa Right in1689- joinedtheLeagueofAugsburg European-widecoalition. Thecoalitionwas (whichwas pittedagainst France),fifteen formedin1686andcalledtheLeagueof hundredIroquois attackedtheNewFrance Augsburg. AfterEnglandjoinedthealliancein settlement at LaChine.NewFranceandits 1689,it becamebetterknownas theGrand Indianallies thenbegannumerousattacks on Allianceandwas determinedtocurtail the theEnglish frontiersettlements. The Kings ofFrance’s ambitions. TheAlliancewas SchenectadyMassacreof1690was themost ledprincipallybyKingCharles IIofSpain,the notableofthese;casualties included60dead HolyRomanEmperorLeopoldI,theAnglo- 4 and27captured.TheQuebecexpedition,which XIVappointedMarshal Boufflers. Agreeable was anattempt bytheEnglish toseizethe terms werequicklydrawnupandwere capital ofNewFranceafterPort Royal,Nova consideredsatisfactorytoall parties withthe Scotia,hadbeentakenwas thelast major exceptionofHolyRomanEmperorLeopoldI, offensiveofKingWilliam’s War.The andCharles IIofSpain.Afterashort timeof remainderofthewarreducedtheEnglish negotiatingwithCharles II,Spaingaveway, colonists todefensiveoperations and resultinginthesignedtreatyofpeacebetween skirmishes. Franceandthethreepowers ofEngland,Spain By1696Francewas withinthegrips of andtheUnitedProvinces orthe“Dutch aneconomiccrisis, andthemaritimepowers, Republic”,whichwas theunificationofthe EnglandandtheDutchrepublic,were sevenDutchprovenances.William Bentickwas financiallyexhaustedas well.The stagewas set thenableto persuadeEmperorLeopoldIto foranattempt at concludingthehostilities. makepeaceandsignthe treatywithFrance. Louis XIVwas brought tothepoint of Whiletheterms wereagreedtobyLouis XIV, consentingtothenegotiations duetothe theywerenot ideal,andwereconsidered combinedfinancial woes ofFranceandthe humiliating.All territorial gains obtainedat a unansweredquestionoftheSpanish highcost toFranceovertheprevious 20years Succession.ThequestionofSpanish werelost withtheexceptionofStrausbourgand Successionwas vitallyimportant toall ofthe Landau. Europeanpowers as it couldhaveleadtothe General terms ofpeacewere as follows: unificationoftheKingdoms ofFranceand SpainunderasingleBourbonmonarch,which - All towns anddistricts seizedsincethe wouldhaveupset theentireEuropeanbalance TreatyofNijmegenshouldberestored. ofpower. Thefinal movetowards negotiating peaceterms wasthedefectionofthe Dukeof - Francewas also requiredtosurrender Savoyfrom theGrandAlliance. TheTreatyof Freiburg,BreisachandPhilippsburgto Turinwas thecauseofthis defect.Thetreaty LeopoldI. includedprovisions inwhichLouis XIVwould returnMontmélian,Nice,Villefranche,Susa, - Asubstantial conditionbytheFrench andotherlessertowns intact totheDukeof was that theircontrol ofthewestern Savoy.From this maneuverSavoyhademerged thirdoftheislandofSaint-Domingue as anindependent sovereignHouseandwas (latertobecomeHaiti)shouldbe consideredasecond-rankpower.The formallyrecognizedbySpain. boundaries ofFranceinthesouth-east were extendedtotheAlps as well,ratherthanthe - Francealso regainedPondicherry,after RiverPo,inreturnfortheseconditions. The apayment totheDutch,andFrance DukeofSavoywouldagreetoabandonthe wouldgainAcadia. GrandAlliance,at whichpoint all parties were readyforanegotiatedsettlement. - Louis XIVwouldagree torecognize Negotiations oftheterms forpeace William IIIas kingofEngland,and beganinMayof1697,withfewmeaningful givenoadditional support toJames IIof results duringthefirst fewweeks. Withstalled England,Louis’ cousinandgreat ally. negotiations, William IIIofOrangeandLouis XIVofFranceeach appointedasingle - Louis XIVfurtheragreedtoabandon representativetomeet privatelytonegotiate his interferenceintheelectorateof terms of asettlement.William ofOrange Cologneandtheclaim whichhehad appointedWilliam Bentinck,andKingLouis laidtosomeofthelands ofthe 5 Electoral Palatinate.TheDuchyof Theeconomicbenefits ofSaint-Domingue Lorraine,whichformanyyears had graduallyexpandedforFrance.Sugarandlater, beeninthepossessionofFrance,was coffee,becameimportant export crops ofthe restoredtoLeopoldJoseph,whowas a islandandthemaineconomicproducts. This son ofCharles IV,DukeofLorraine. providedtheFrenchwithaverylargerevenue sourcefrom theislandas well as amajor - SpainrecoveredCatalonia,andthe control ofgoods fortheworld.At its height,the barrierfortresses ofKortrijk,Mons,and islandexported72millionpounds ofrawsugar Luxembourg. and51millionpounds ofrefinedsugar,one millionpounds ofindigo,andtwomillion - TheDutchweretobeallowedto pounds ofcotton.Saint-Dominguewas garrison someoftheprimaryfortresses producingabout 40percent ofall thesugarand intheSpanish Netherlands, including 60percent ofall thecoffeeconsumedin NamurandYpres. Europeduringthelateeighteenthcentury.To put this inperspective,this singlecolony, Thelargelyunansweredquestionleft by measuring10,714 squaremiles,producedmore this treatywas theSpanish Successionwhich sugarandcoffeethanall ofBritain's West wouldprovetobeproblematic foryears and Indiancolonies combined.TheTreatyof wouldbe not beresolvedbythesigningofthe Ryswickendedmuchofthewarfareand treaty.At thetimeoftheTreatyofRyswick, disruptions that hadbeencommonintheyears withthefutureinmind,KingLouis agreed to priortoSaint-Domingue,allowingit tobecome demolish thenewFrenchfortress ofFort Louis. oneoftherichest andmost productive This wasan attempt byLouis XIVtogainfavor Europeancolonies. inthesight ofCharles IIofSpain. Fort Louis Acadiawas theportionoftheFrench was anattempt byLaSalletoestablish thefirst colonial empireinnortheasternNorthAmerica colonyinthenewterritoryofLouisiana(which knowntodayas NovaScotia. Control ofthis duetoinaccuratemaps heendedup territoryshiftedbetweentheFrenchand establishingit inwhat is nowTexas.) English, andforashort timetheDutch,during WithRespect toNorthAmericaandthe theseventeenthandeighteenthcentury. From Caribbean,theFrenchhadultimately 1604whenthecolonywas established,until negotiatedverysignificant gains intheTreaty 1674,theFrenchcontrolledAcadia.TheDutch ofRyswick,specificallytherecognitionoftheir thenhadashort-livedcontrol forafewmonths control ofthewesternthirdoftheislandSaint- in1674afterwhichFranceregainedcontrol Domingueandthecontrol ofAcadia.These andheldpoweruntil theWaroftheGrand gains provedtobeveryinstrumental forthe Alliance.English colonists capturedAcadia Frenchendeavors inNorthAmericaand duringthecourseofthewar; howeverEngland Europeoverthefollowingcentury. returnedtheterritorytoFranceintheTreatyof Saint-Dominguewas aFrenchcolony Ryswickat theendofthewar.Theterritory onpart oftheCaribbeanislandofHispaniola, was recapturedbyforces loyal toBritainduring namedbyChristopherColumbus in1492upon thecourseofQueenAnne's War,andits takingpossession.Theentireislandof conquest was confirmedbytheTreatyof Hispaniola,calledSantoDomingobythe Utrecht of1713.Franceretainedpossessionof Spanish, was controlledbySpainfrom the ÎleSt JeanandÎleRoyaleorCapeBreton 1490s until the17thcentury.Frenchpirates Island,onwhichit establishedafortress at begantoestablish bases onthewesternportions Louisbourgtoguardtheseaapproaches to oftheislandprimarilyduetotheneglect bythe Quebec. Spanish colonists onthat portionoftheisland. 6 Peacelastedforless thanfouryears areelegantlymodeledandbeautifullytreated, betweenthepowers inEurope,andintheir andthat theyplacetheartist intherankofthe Americancolonies. TheSpanish Succession best medalists ofhis time."About 30ofhis questionleft unansweredbytheTreatyof medals areknown,agoodportionbelongingto RyswickreemergedwiththedeathofCharles II theEnglish series. ofSpainin1700.Hebequeathedall ofhis Theobversefeatures several diplomatic possessions tothegrandson ofKingLouis XIV agents,whowereinvestedwithfull power, Philip,ducd'Anjou,whobecamePhilipVof attendedbyguards, closingthegates ofthe Spain.Withthethreat ofapotential unification templeofJanus. Theinscriptionontemple, oftheSpanish andFrenchkingdoms creatinga IANOSACR,(SacredtoJanus).Infront is an singleBourbonmonarch,several European altar,andnearit adevotedsow.Legend powers combinedtoprevent unification, CAESAFIRMABANTFOEDERAPORCA. commencingtheWarofSpanish Succession. (theyusedtoconfirm treaties byslayinga Severaldozenmedals werestruckto sow). ThemainTempleofJanus stoodinthe commemoratetheTreatyofRyswick.Alarge RomanForum.Thetemplehaddoors onboth portionofthesearelistedinMedallic ends, andinsidethetemplewas astatueof Illustrations of British History:VolumeIIby Janus, thetwo-facedgodofboundaries. Janus Hawkins, Franks,andGrueber.Oneofthemost was usuallydepictedwithtwoheads lookingin illustrious medals, andapersonal favorite oppositedirections. As legendhas it,hehad listedas MI453.Thedies arebyRegnier receivedthegift toseebothfutureandpast,in Arondeaux whowas aFlemishmedalist who reward,from theGodSaturn.Thetempledoors workedbetween1678and1702.TheComte wereclosedintimes ofpeaceandopenedin d’Avaux commissionedthemedals illustrating times ofwar.It was averyrareoccasiontosee theevents oftheruleofLouis XIV.In theclosingofthedoors. Traditionallythe Bibliographical dictionaryofMedalists: Romans wouldconfirm thetreatywithaPriest VolumeIbyLeonardForrer,it states that Killingofasowwithastone.This signified "Pinchart says that Arondeaux’s latermedals 7 that thosewhobrokethetreatywouldmeet a Nezat,JackClaude.TheNezat AndAllied similarfate. Families 1630-2007Lulu2007 Reverseillustrates thePalaceand Gardens ofRyswick,whichis wherethe Perkins, James.FranceundertheRegencywith negotiations werecarriedout.Legend aReviewofAdministrationofLouis XIV RYSWYKGUILELMIIII.D.G.M. BRITIAN. HoughtonMill,(1901) ECT.R.PALAT.(Ryswickthepalaces of William III.,bytheGraceofGod,Kingofthe Wolf,JohnB.TheEmergenceoftheGreat Great Britain). AroundaretheShields of Powers: 1685–1715.Harper&Row,(1962) KEYSER,SPANGEIN,BRANDENBVR, PALTS,SAXEN,BEYEREN,ENGELAND, Wolf,JohnB.Louis XIV.PantherBooks, SWEDEN,7.PROVINTIE,S.NEDERLAN, (1970) ‘TRYCK,LOTHARINGEN,SAVOYEN,and VRANCKRYK.(TheEmperor,Spain, EncyclopediaBritannicaEleventhEdition Brandenburg,thePalatinate,Saxony,Bavaria, England,Sweden,theSevenProvinces, the Livius.org: Janus Spanish Netherlands, theGermanEmpire, Lorraine,Savoy,andFrance). Betts 158 Childs, John.WarfareintheSeventeenth (byJohnW.Adams) Century.Cassell,(2003). IntheMarchedition,TonyLopez Elson, HenryWilliam."HistoryoftheUnited proposedaregularcolumninwhichmembers States ofAmerica,"TheMacMillan couldsubmit descriptions ofmedals that Company,NewYork,1904.ChapterVIII. “ShouldaBeeninBetts.” Insupport ofTony’s TranscribedbyKathyLeigh. idea,wehavevolunteeredthefollowingon Betts 158—amedal so rarethat evenBetts Forrer,L.Biographical Dictionaryof mavens donot knowit andwhich,further,was Medallists- Vol.1-8.Original Edition mis-describedbyBetts in1894. publishedinLondon(1902-1930) Betts 158commemorates thePeace TreatynegotiatedbyAustriaandSpainat Hawkins, Franks, Grueber.Medallic Viennain1725. Thesewerethetwopowers IllustrationofBritish History: VolumeII.Spink withthemost at stakeintheWaroftheSpanish (1885) Succession(1701-1720)pittingaHapsburg claimant against onefrom theHouseof Lynn,JohnA.TheWars ofLouis XIV: 1667– Bourbon. England,Holland,Portugal,France 1714.Longman,(1999). andSpainweresignatories tooneoranotherof theTreaties negotiatedat Utrecht in1713-1714. Loomer,L.S.Windsor,NovaScotia: A AustriaandSpaindidnot formallyend JourneyinHistory.Windsor,N.S.: West Hants hostilities until 1720. Hist.Soc.,1996.399pp. TheobverseofBetts 158(whichthe editors ofBetts list mistakenlyas thereverse) MacDonald,William.Select Charters and depicts PhilipVofSpainstandingontheleft OtherDocuments IllustrativeofAmerican andCharles VIofAustriastandingontheright, History,1606-1775.MacmillanCo.(1904) each extendinganolivebranch. Thelegend reads: CAROLUS VI ∙IMPERATOR GLADIOS NUNC PERMUTAVITOLIVIS 8 ∙│PAXCONCORDATUTRUM QUE. important issues betweenthem in1720. Unlike (Charles VI,Emperor,has nowexchangedthe Gettysburg,Viennawas indeeddestinedtobe swordfortheolivebranch. Peaceunites both). littlenotedandnot longremembered. Thus, thecomposerofthemedal gives credit forbrokeringthepeacetoAustria, notwithstandingthat it takes twotoform an agreement. Theeditors ofBetts notethat thetreaty entailedanexchangeofterritories. Suchwas not thecase. Rather,thetreatyinvolvedan exchangeofcommercial privileges with hospitalityforvisitingwarships addedas well. Thesamerights hadbeengrantedbySpainto theotherEuropeanpowers inearliertreaties. Theengraverofthis medal,Philippe (III)Louis Roettiers, was yet anothermember oftheprolificRoettiers family. Hesucceeded his father,ofthesamename,as Engraver- general ofthecoins oftheLow-Countries and EngravertotheAntwerpMint. Forrer attributes less thanadozenmedals tohis credit, ofwhichBetts 158wouldseem tobeoneofthe most important and,as such,especially desirablegiventhescarcityofRoettiers’work. Thoughnot overwhelming,thedesignand executionofthemedal is quitecreditable. Giventhat tradefrom andtotheEast Indies was acentral issueofthetreaty,the compositionofthereverseis actuallyclever: ships sailingbetweentwomassivepillars atop whicharethetwomonarchs andoverwhich hangs themottoPLUS ULTRA(morebeyond). It is not agreat medal but it is agoodone. Betts 158is atrulyraremedal. It is not tobefoundinanyofthegreat collections; it was not inFord,Craige,LaRiviereoreven Bushnell. Evenmoreremarkably,it is not includedinPax inNumis. Themedal has appearedinat least oneauctionsaleonthe Continent,notablySchulman#222in1952. Onecanspeculateonthereasons forthe rarityofBetts 158. Thesimplest reason is that thePeaceofViennawas ananticlimax,andan inconsequential oneat that. All oftheother great powers hadsettledtheirdifferences at Utrecht in1713-1714. SpainandAustria,the last tocometoterms, hadresolvedthemost 9 Some Background On The Elusive Betts 35 (byGeorgeFuld) Several weeks ago,Ihadtheprivilege ofgoingthroughthecoinaccumulationat the MarylandHistorical Society. This was all unattributedmaterial,manyinenvelopes dating backtotheturnofthe20thcentury. Therewere approximately100U.S.coins andabout 900 foreignpieces. Amongitems that Ifoundwere twoMarylandshillings, twoMarylandsix pences, aholedgroat ofMaryland,analtered copyofIdler’s Baltimoredenarius andasuperb Standish Barrythreepence. Inoneenvelope, withabout tenforeigncoins was afolded document that has brought tolight oneofthe MHS’s prizepossessions, theoval medal from 1632,Betts 35. This signeddocument affirms the donationbytwelvehistorical societymembers oftheBetts 35medal. Acopyofthedocument is shownsignedbyeachdonorwiththeamount donated. As notedinthedocument,aspecial priceof25pounds was negotiatedbyJudge StockbridgewithSpink&Sons ofLondon. Thetotal priceof25pounds (in1915apound was worthapproximately$4.50U.S). As can beseen,theamount of$120.00was subscribed tobythetwelvemembers. TonyLopez foundintheMaryland Historical MagazineinVol.XI,No.1of March,1916,pages 86-88,detailsofthe transaction. At themeetingofDecember13th, 1915,JudgeStockbridgediscussedthe negotiations forthemedal withabackground ontheonlyotherBaltimoremedal,theBetts 34 theninpossessionofthesociety. Therelevant descriptionofthemedal Betts 35from C. Wyllis Betts is givenandotherreferences to Md. Archivesfrom 1676arenoted. Theacquisitionofthis medal bythe MHS reminds oneoftheacquisitionofthegold WashingtonBeforeBostonbyprominent Bostonians in1876for theprincelysum of $5,000nowat theBostonPublicLibrary. 10