(1858-60) Token Miller La-42 Brass Robert Pitkin

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Robert Pitkin was a dealer in clothing and furnishing goods at 13-15 Camp Street in New Orleans. His store sold boys' clothing, shirts, trunks, and umbrellas to the city's diverse population. Pitkin's brass token (Miller La-42) was manufactured by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut, demonstrating the reach of Northern token producers into Southern markets. New Orleans was the largest city in the antebellum South and the primary port for cotton exports, supporting a diverse merchant community that was disrupted by the Union capture of the city in April 1862. Cataloged as Miller La-42.

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Miller La-42