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Source Description
This letter forwarded a letter from C. C. Wright and asks about the portraits to be used on the gold medals for Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott.
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80606927
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Letter from R. M. Patterson, Director of the Mint to W. L. Marcy, Secretary of War
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Letter from R. M. Patterson, Director of the Mint to W. L. Marcy, Secretary of War
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This letter forwarded a letter from C. C. Wright and asks about the portraits to be used on the gold medals for Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott.
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Records of the U.S. Mint
Papers and Correspondence
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