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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186 entries found for [year:1899]
1/3/1899Letters Sent from Mint Headquarters to New Orleans Mint
U.S. Mint correspondence scanned from the National Archives, record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (letter sent from Mint Headquarters), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette. This document extracts pages from vol. 309, covering the New Orleans Mint from January 3, 1899 to December 31, 1899.
1/3/1899Letters Sent from Mint Headquarters to San Francisco Mint
U.S. Mint correspondence scanned from the National Archives, record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (letter sent from Mint Headquarters), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette. This document extracts pages from vol. 309, covering the San Francisco Mint from January 3, 1899 to December 31, 1899.
1/3/1899Miscellaneous Correspondence to/from Mint Bureau Headquarters
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives & Records Administration record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (letters sent from Mint headquarters), vol. 305, covering January 3, 1899 to December 29, 1899, courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
1/3/1899Letters Sent from Mint Headquarters to Philadelphia Mint
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives & Records Administration record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (letters sent from Mint headquarters), vol. 306, covering January 3, 1899 to December 29, 1899, courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
1/4/1899Letters Sent from Mint Headquarters to Secretary of the Treasury
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives & Records Administration record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (letters sent from Mint headquarters), vol. 304, covering January 4, 1899 to December 30, 1899, courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
1/5/1899DM regarding Seattle AO drafts
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
1/16/1899DM Confusion about price of gold vs value
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
1/18/1899DM Wants statement connection w Magnolia Metal Co
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
1/21/1899DM Delays shipping silver Seligman
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
1/23/1899NO Additional employees for dollar coinage
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
1/25/1899Wants sharp detail gold dollar 1852
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
1/28/1899SF Coining cents and nickels at Mint
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
1/31/1899DM Officer changes at Mints 1898
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
2/1/1899DM Drafts at SF vs Seattle AO
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
2/1/1899DM SF vs Seattle for paying deposit drafts
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
2/1/1899DM Silver dollar accepted at par w gold dollar
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
2/2/1899DM Foreign exchange tables-silver
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
2/3/1899DM Preston sent P to pay employees
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
2/4/1899DM No longer distribute minor coin from mint
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
2/4/1899Seattle-AO needs better office and work space
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
2/5/1899NO Removal of Coiner
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
2/7/1899DM Cost of minor coinage metals
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
2/10/1899DM Cost of electrotype Columbian award medal
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
2/11/1899DM Results of ore sample assays
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
2/11/1899NO Chase restored to office
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
2/11/1899NO Guion removed from office
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
2/14/1899AT-NY Estimatiing coin demand
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
2/14/1899DM Status of Torrey prosecution
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
2/15/1899C-AO Ore assays made here cost 3 dol
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
2/16/1899DM Proof coin cost and description
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
2/16/1899DM Rolling mill experiments London
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
2/20/1899DM Controlling silver-gold partity
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
2/20/1899DM Torrey conviction details requested
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
2/21/1899DM Chestnut St bank failure claims
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
2/25/1899DM First coinage silver dollars 1794
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
2/25/1899DM Minor coins distributed by sub-treasuries
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
2/28/1899DM Political letter about greeback parity
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
3/6/1899DM Wants set of Red Books
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
3/8/1899DM Policy on striking private medals
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
3/9/1899DM Transportation gold Seattle AO
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
3/10/1899DM Relation between SF and Seattle-AO
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
3/14/1899DM Tuttle examine Denver New Orleans
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
3/21/1899DM Relation between SF and Seattle-AO
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
3/21/1899DM Situation between SF and Seattle-AO
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
3/21/1899Postmaster Gen Adjusting rate for SF-Seattle
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
3/22/1899D-AO Tuttle to report on metling dept
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
3/24/1899DM Engraver asked to design Lafayette dollar
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
3/24/1899DM pending postal rate change for reg mail
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
3/25/1899DM WSteele coiner assistant
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
3/29/1899NO Tuttle to meet Vanderlip here
U.S. Mint correspondence extracted from National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 235 (Letters sent by Director's office), courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
