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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EdwardJ, post: 862528, member: 20518&quot;]I just got off the phone with my son who is studying History at Harvard University through their online program.&nbsp; He had some research to do and so went to one of the museums there on campus.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>His search was not productive in terms of finding evidence from the old papers as to whether John Adams actually did brew his own beer.&nbsp; What he did see however was an old engraved printing plate by Paul Revere.&nbsp; During the Revolution Revere engraved and had printed pictures of the atrocities of the evil King George such as the Boston Massacre.&nbsp; These were printed up to hand out to the colonists and get them to join the cause of the Revolution.&nbsp; He would pull out the plate and print up more any time he needed them.&nbsp; He then was given the job of designing and printing the Continental Currency.&nbsp; Since the copper for engraving the plates was in short supply, Paul was hip to recycling even at that early date.&nbsp; He engraved the plates for the money on the back of his Boston Massacre work.&nbsp; Apparently he was upset when the Continental Congress wold not return the Massacre plate to him because of counterfeiting concerns regarding the Continental currency on its reverse side.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Any way Glenn got to see this printing plate in the museum there.&nbsp; The University does not show the currency side of the plate, preferring instead to show the original engraving of the Massacre done by Revere.&nbsp; If I get to go to the ANA Convention in Boston this summer I want to go over to Harvard and check out this interesting piece of American history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does any one on the list know of any other Numismatic treasures there which should be part of our trip?&nbsp; When I get to talk to him again I&#039;ll get the exact location of this one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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