U.S. National Archives (Record Group 104, Entry 235, Letters Sent by Director's Office)
Record group 104, entry 235 covers letters sent from the Mint Director's office, covering the period 1873-1938. The recipient might be a specific mint, the Secretary of the Treasury, a foreign government, U.S. Department or Agency, or individuals and companies. This material currently (6/2016) resides at the National Archives facility in College Park, MD.
Roger W. Burdette notes on entry 235:
Letters sent by the Director’s office, 1873-1938. Press copy books. No reliable index.
Vols. 1-85 are large size fair copies 1884-1901; archives locator is RG104, 450/66/28/04. Vols. 86 and up are press copies beginning in 1873; some of this material duplicates the fair copies. Text quality in this portion of the series varies.
Normal volumes are identified by calendar year and offices or subject covered, such as: San Francisco Mint 1890.
National Archives catalog record is https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7064779. See also the National Archives & Records Administration numismatic finding aids at https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/archivedetail/538870.
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6 entries found for [year:1888]
1/30/1888Letters Sent from Mint Headquarters
Scanned from National Archives & Records Administration, record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (letters sent), vol. 49, covering January 30, 1888 to March 20, 1888. Courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
3/21/1888Letter Sent from Mint Headquarters
Scanned from National Archives & Records Administration, record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (letters sent), vol. 50, covering March 21, 1888 to May 1, 1888. Courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
5/1/1888Letters Sent from Mint Headquarters
Scanned from National Archives & Records Administration, record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (letters sent), vol. 50, covering May 1, 1888 to June 30, 1888. Courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
7/2/1888Letters Sent from Mint Headquarters
U.S. Mint correspondence from the National Archives & Records Administration (NARA), record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (letters sent from headquarters), volume 51 (part one), covering July 2, 1888 to September 5, 1888. Courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
9/5/1888Letters Sent from Mint Headquarters
U.S. Mint correspondence from the National Archives & Records Administration (NARA), record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (letters sent from headquarters), volume 51 (part two), covering September 5, 1888 to November 5, 1988. Courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
11/6/1888Letters Sent from Mint Headquarters
U.S. Mint correspondence from the National Archives & Records Administration (NARA), record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (letters sent from headquarters), volume 52 (part one), covering November 6, 1888 to January 9, 1889. Courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
