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San Francisco branch of the United States Mint Records
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: San Francisco branch of the United States Mint records
Creator:
United States Mint
Identifier/Call Number: mssUSmint
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1856-1899
Abstract: Records from the United States Mint San Francisco branch.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item]. San Francisco branch of the United States Mint records, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Edwin Grabhorn, January 1945.
The United States Mint's San Francisco branch, authorized by Congress in July 1852, began operation in April 1854 in a three-story
brick structure situated on Commercial Street between Montgomery and Kearny Streets. The mint was capable of coining $30 million
annually, and it moved to a new building on 5th Street in 1874.
The collection consists of letters and documents related to the operations and activities of the San Francisco branch of the
United States Mint. Included are instructions from Treasury Department officials in Washington, mainly for the period 1856
to 1875, and employment recommendations from various persons. Correspondents in the collection include George Sewall Boutwell,
Benjamin Helm Bristow, William Eaton Chandler, Howell Cobb, Schuyler Colfax, Joseph N. Dolph, William Pitt Fessenden, Lyman
Judson Gage, James Guthrie, Hugh McColloch, William Medill, Thomas Collier Platt, William Adams Richardson, Ellis Henry Roberts,
Billington Crum Whiting, and Elisha Whittlesey.
Processed by Huntington Library staff. In 2022, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.
Arranged chronologically.
Former call number: mssUnited States mint records.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mints -- California -- San Francisco -- Archives
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Letters (correspondence) -- California -- 19th century
Job applications -- California -- San Francisco -- 19th century
Letters of recommendation -- California -- San Francisco -- 19th century
Government records -- United States -- 19th century
Boutwell, George S. (George Sewall), 1818-1905
Bristow, Benjamin Helm, 1832-1896
Chandler, William E. (William Eaton), 1835-1917
Cobb, Howell, 1815-1868
Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885
Dolph, Joseph N. (Joseph Norton), 1835-1897
Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869
Gage, Lyman J. (Lyman Judson), 1836-1927
Guthrie, James, 1792-1869
McCulloch, Hugh, 1808-1895
Medill, William, 1802-1865
Platt, Thomas Collier, 1833-1910
Richardson, William A. (William Adams), 1821-1896
Roberts, Ellis H. (Ellis Henry), 1827-1918
Whiting, Billington Crum, 1812-1881
Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863
United States. Bureau of the Mint -- Archives
United States. Department of the Treasury -- Correspondence -- 19th century