U.S. National Archives (Record Group 104, Entry 235, Letters Sent by Director's Office)
La description:
This is the second volume (October 23, 1873 - March 28, 1874) of fair copy letters commencing with operations under the Coinage Act of 1873. Mint headquarters moved from the Philadelphia Mint to the Treasury Department in Washington DC. Officially all mints became equal facilities of the Mint Bureau; however, the Philadelphia Mint continued to command a superior position and influence.
U.S. National Archives (Record Group 104, Entry 235, Letters Sent by Director's Office)
La description:
This is the first volume (April 1, 1873 - October 22, 1873) of fair copy letters commencing with operations under the Coinage Act of 1873. Mint headquarters moved from the Philadelphia Mint to the Treasury Department in Washington DC. Officially all mints became equal facilities of the Mint Bureau; however, the Philadelphia Mint continued to command a superior position and influence.
This was intended as an auction catalog of the Seavey collection, which was purchased en bloc by Lorin G. Parmelee prior to a public sale. The cataloger (W. H. Strobridge) felt that publication of the catalog was still useful for posterity, and so this volume was issued in 1873. See also the Parmlee/Seavey auction sale catalog of June 1873 (https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/auctionlots?AucCoId=511772&AuctionId=512114).
Joel Orosz discussed this work in the Numismatic Bookie column in Coin World, August 19, 2019.
C. Carranza follows up from S. B. Kiernan's letter to James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of June 30th to request information concerning the reliability of a private mint.
James Curtis Booth's (1810-1888) copy of a letter from H.R. Linderman (1825-1879), who was appointed as superintendent of the United States Mint in April 1873, to James Pollock, the former director of the Mint. Linderman notes recommendations by one Prof. Rodgers concerning assaying and reporting of silver ingots for coinage.
James Curtis Booth's (1810-1888) copy of a document noting the charges associated with various products and processes provided by the United States Mint at Philadelphia and the New York Assay Office. Includes a description of services and a list of regulations. The document is signed by H. R. Linderman (1825-1879), Director of the United States Mint, and William A. Richardson (1821-1896), Secretary of the Treasury.
