Regarding his new book about the Baltimore Gold Hoard, author Jack Myers writes:

For more information, or to order, see:
Knights' Gold Kindle Edition(www.amazon.com/Knights-Gold-Jack-Myers-ebook/dp/B01M4FGK0I/ref=sr_1_1)

Len writes:

The coins were the property of the Knights of the Golden Circle, a pro-Confederate secret society.

I researched the owners of the treasure house from the time of the burial of the gold coins. Coins were all dated 1834-1856

1. Captain John J. Mattison (a mariner) owned the house on Eden St from 1851-1865.

2. Andrew Saulsbury (candle and soap executive) owned the house from 1865-1873 until his death (his widow remained until 1889). Saulsbury bought house from Mattison.

I believe the coins were collected as dues and initiation fees of the Baltimore chapter of the KGC. It was thought that Maryland had over 3,000 KGC members. John Wilkes Booth lived only four blocks from the treasure site, and also close to the second treasure site of the Fountain Hotel. Saulsbury's 1859-60 residence matches the description of the house where Booth was allegedly inducted into the KGC in 1859 (house in the neighborhood with paintings of Southern heroes and politicians hanging on the parlor walls.)

To read earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
REVIEW: TREASURE IN THE CELLAR BY LEONARD AUGSBURGER(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v11n28a02.html)
NUMISMATIC BOOKIE: 'TREASURE IN THE CELLAR'(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n32a12.html)