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Philadelphia, January 8th, 1793 : Sir, I have the honor to inclose you a report of the assays and experiments made on the gold and silver coins of France, Spain, England, and Portugal, in pursuance of the resolution of the House of Representatives of November 29th, 1792 ...
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Folio HJ8105 1790 v.2
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- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Department of State.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coinage--United States--Early works to 1800.
- Coinage.
- Gold--Assaying--United States--Early works to 1800.
- Gold.
- Silver--Assaying--United States--Early works to 1800.
- Silver.
- Silver--Assaying.
- Gold--Assaying.
- United States.
- Penn Provenance:
- Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (former owner) (RBC copy)
- Kuhl, Henry, 1764-1856 (autograph) (RBC copy)
- Physical Description:
- 2 unnumbered leaves ; 33 cm (folio)
- Fingerprint:
- 3.N. ).py inof i-S, (C) 1793 (Q)
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia] : [Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine], [1793]
- Notes:
- Two letters of Thomas Jefferson, the secretary of state, transmitting to the speaker of the House the results of the experiments conducted by David Ott and David Rittenhouse, director of the Mint.
- Title from first part of text.
- Ascribed to the press of Francis Childs and John Swaine by Bristol.
- Signatures: [A]².
- Local Notes:
- RBC copy is no. 30 in a collection of 50 18th-century U.S. government documents, most by Alexander Hamilton and a few by Thomas Jefferson, Henry Knox, and others, bound in 2 volumes (13 in the first volume and 37 in the second, including two manuscripts).
- RBC copy formerly owned by Alexander Hamilton, with ms. contents list of v. 1 in his hand on last blank leaf in volume. Cf. C.B. Clapp, "Alexander Hamilton's reports" in The University of Pennsylvania library chronicle v. 9, no. 2 (June 1941), p. 52-64.
- RBC copy has autograph of Henry Kuhl on title leaf of first work in v. 1.
- Cited in:
- Evans 26338
- Bristol B8503
- Shipton & Mooney 46905
- ESTC W36680
- Clapp, C.B. "Alexander Hamilton's reports." In The University of Pennsylvania library chronicle v. 9, no. 2 (June 1941): 52-64, v. 2, no. 15
- OCLC:
- 794684514
- Online:
- Unique at Penn blog post
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