Letter from Franklin Peale to H. E. Everett
This letter requested that a package of coins intended for use in calibrating a coin sorting machine purchased in France would be delivered via the Treasury Department to the United States Minister at the Court of France, rather than the standard route through the French Custo...
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OCR Page 1 of 3Mius of the unter Shales
Chief Corners office
clear Sir
While fant 28th 1853
you are aware, teat a Machine
for dorting Coin, weighing and placing in
Separate pareds. thou that are g the exa of
Stau class weight. and those that are heavy and
light wethin exuits, beew ordered
certain has
to he in Paris, the machine
construction being
of French cirventions.
ler the purpose of againting the Maclum is is
requested that the Maker should hane preen of
our coin, of the efact size, and neight, by which we
are generated. I have therefore prepared twelve
pieces half eagles, with tuck ear, Heart one
preen vames, more than due thousandth of a grain
from the desired weight. and is is essential
Heat they should reach the hands q the Mater
of the above machine with the certainty Heat un
alteration lens takenspla w, of the package is opened,
this adrunanee will fail. is cauntor If am
information pass the French
Custom shouse,
walesh
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