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1861/04/29
Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall", 1824-1863
to John Letcher re: building railroad between Strasburg & Wincester
Jackson recommends building the railroad for military purposes.
GLC01979
1775/04/10; 1776/01/01; 1786/05
[Three pieces of currency from the colonial and early republic periods. Decimalized].
GLC01980.05
1927
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Gold liberty coin
Coin ca. 32 mm diameter. Collateral to FDR gold order
GLC01983.03
1793/03/02
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
[An act appropriating funds to purchase two lots for building the Mint].
Signed as Secretary of State.
GLC01984
21 April 1792
Russell, Benjamin, 1761-1845
Columbian centinel. [Vol. 17, no. 12 (April 21, 1792)]
Discusses the recent actions of Congress relating to the establishment of the United States Mint. Describes the actions as: "An act establishing a mint and regulating the coins of the United States."
GLC01984.02
1801 ca.
[Jefferson Indian Peace medal]
Based on Houdon's bust of Jefferson. Copies of this medal were given by Lewis and Clark to Indians they met on their expedition. See Alfred L. Bush, Life Portraits of Thomas Jefferson, p. 13; Noble E. Cunningham, Jr., The Image of Thomas Jefferson in...
GLC01984.03
3 October 1830
Findlay, William, fl. 1830
[Clerical copy of the surety bond for William Findlay as Treasurer of the United States Mint]
Signed clerically by Findlay, Robert Smith, and Francis R. Shunk. The Mint Act of 1792 required employees of the Mint to furnish sureties. Findlay was the fifth Treasurer of the United States Mint, and served in that office from 1827 until 1841.
GLC01987
13 November 1787
Hancock, John, 1737-1793
[Massachusetts state pardon for Scripture Frost for counterfeiting coin]
Frost was sentenced to stand in pillory for 1 hour and to 2 years hard labor. Conditionally pardoned excepting that Frost pay a 25 Pound ($40) fine. Signed and sealed by John Hancock as governor. Written by Secretary to the Governor John Avery, Jr....
GLC01988
1860
Clark & Company, fl. 1860
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
1833/01/24
Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844
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
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