Collection Search

to Salmon Chase

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to send in the name of George W. Lane of Indiana as his choice for superintendent of the United States Mint at Denver, Colorado. Written on Executive Mansion stationery. According to Basler (5: 256), Chase...

GLC01989

[Appointment of George C. Munson as Assayer of the United States Mint at Denver, Colorado]

Countersigned by Secretary of State Thomas F. Bayard. Signed as Grover Cleveland, President of the United States of America. Has blue coloring likely due to discoloration.

GLC01990

[Appointment of John Wheeler, Superintendent of the Branch Mint at Charlotte]

Appointment of John Wheeler as the Superintendent of the Branch Mint in Charlotte, South Carolina. Signed by Andrew Jackson as President of the United States. Cosigned by John Forsyth as Secretary of State. Orange tinted seal on bottom left corner of...

GLC01991

[Appointment of John G. Butler, Chief Coiner, Philadelphia (c/s Seward) and photograph] [Decimalized .01- .02]

Appointment of John G. Butler, Chief Coiner, Philadelphia (c/s Seward) and early photograph of coin counting room.

GLC01992

[Bank of the Metropolis check for twenty dollars]

Made out to his adopted son, Andrew Jackson, Jr. A hard-currency supporter, the President specifies "wanted in gold, eagles or half eagles." This check was written on the same day that he paid off the national debt.

GLC01994.01

[Land grant for Toppan Webster].

Countersigned by Secretary of State James Madison. Grants 100 acres to Webster, an assignee of Samuel Jess, on the basis of the act of Congress appropriating land for former soldiers and for the society of the United Brethren. The act had been...

GLC02010

Gold liberty coin

Coin ca. 32 mm diameter. Collateral to FDR gold order

GLC01983.03

Liberty $5 coin: Pike's Peak gold. Denver. Five D. [by Clark & Co.]

Gold coin, collateral to Lincoln letter ending private coinage, GLC 1989. This coin comes from the last series minted privately at Denver by [Gruber] Clark & Co.

GLC01989.02

to William Appleton re: instructions on bank funds as Jackson dismantles bank

Written as president of the Bank of the United States to Appleton, President of the Office of Discount and Deposit, Boston. Biddle explains that "the loans in the remoter offices, particularly in the South and West, are gradually diminishing, and the...

GLC01994.02

President's message

An Extra of the Hartford Times, reporting from telegraph the text of Jackson's first State of the Union. The address discusses what will be many of the major issues during his Presidency. Discusses removal of Native Americans, questions the...

GLC02009