FELTON, Robert (flourished 1683) Colonial American seal-cutter, diesinker, counterfeiter.
Name variation: Robert Fenton.
Felton convicted of engraving dies for counterfeit
Spanish coins, August 1683. The Pennsylvania Archives
(1: p 84-85, 88) reveal Charles Pickering and Samuel
Buckley convicted for "their abuse to ye Government in
quining of Spanish bitts and Boston Money." Pickering
compelled to redeem the bad money and pay a fine of
£40, Buckley paid £10 fine, and the ingenious Fenton
at an hour in the stocks.
B I O G R A P H I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
Px {1861} The Historical Magazine 5:10 (Oct 1861)p 307.
D8 {1926} Fielding, p 117.
D15 {1957} Groce and Wallace, p 222.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 274.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:1103.
Name variation: Robert Fenton.
Felton convicted of engraving dies for counterfeit
Spanish coins, August 1683. The Pennsylvania Archives
(1: p 84-85, 88) reveal Charles Pickering and Samuel
Buckley convicted for "their abuse to ye Government in
quining of Spanish bitts and Boston Money." Pickering
compelled to redeem the bad money and pay a fine of
£40, Buckley paid £10 fine, and the ingenious Fenton
at an hour in the stocks.
B I O G R A P H I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
Px {1861} The Historical Magazine 5:10 (Oct 1861)p 307.
D8 {1926} Fielding, p 117.
D15 {1957} Groce and Wallace, p 222.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 274.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:1103.