10th Congress.
No. 274
1st Session.

MINT.

Communicated to the Senate, January 8, 1808.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:

I communicate, for the information of Congress, the report of the Director of the Mint, of the operations of that establishment during the last year.

TH: JEFFERSON.

January 8, 1808.

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Mint of the United States, January 1st, 1808.   

Sir:

At the commencement of the present year, I have the honor of laying before you, a report of the operations of the mint during the last year.

From the enclosed statement of the treasurer, it will appear that, during that period, there have been struck at the mint, gold coins, to the amount of our hundred and thirty-seven thousand four hundred and ninety-five dollars; silver coins, to the amount of five hundred and ninety-seven thousand four hundred and forty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents; and copper coins, to the amount of nine thousand six hundred and fifty-two dollars and twenty-one cents; making the whole amount, one million and forty-four thousand five hundred and ninety-five dollars and ninety-six cents; and the number of pieces, two millions seven hundred and thirty-one thousand three hundred and forty-five; a sum far exceeding the issues of any former year, since the establishment of the institution.

There are, at this time, in the vaults of the mint, gold and silver bullion, deposited for coinage, to the full amount of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: and of copper planchettes, in cents and half cents, nearly thirty tons; nor can there be any doubt, that, from the banks in this city, and other sources, there will be a continued ample supply.

You will permit me, sir, to mention, that the act of Congress for continuing the mint at Philadelphia will expire on the fourth day of March next. The attention of Congress will, therefore, it is repectfully hoped, be reasonably directed to that object.

I have the honor to be, with sentiments of the greatest respect and esteem,

Your obedient faithful servant.

R. PATTERSON.

Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States..


A statement of the Coins struck at the Mint of the United States, from the 1st January to the 31st December, 1807, inclusive, viz:

SILVER COINS. Amount in
Dollars.
TOTAL.
Half
Dollars.
Quarter
Dollars.
Dimes.
Quarter ending in March, 106,040 216,823 80,000 115,225  75
June, 329,036 2,820 85,000 173,973  00
September, 325,000 - - 162,500  00
December, 291,500 - - 145,750  00
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1,437,219 pieces of silver coins, 1,051,576 220,643 165,000
Total amount of silver coins, --------- $597,448  75
 
GOLD COINS.
Half
Eagles.
Quarter
Eagles.
Quarter ending in March, 15,016 6,812 92,110  00
June, 17,472 - 87,360  00
September, 15,967 - 79,835  00
December, 35,638 - 178,190  00
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90,905 pieces of gold coins, 84,093 6,812
Total amount of gold coins, --------- 437,495  00
 
COPPER COINS.
Cents. Half
Cents.
Quarter ending in March, 264,000 69,000 2,985  00
June, 225,221 130,000 2,902  21
September, - 277,000 1,385  00
December, 238,000 - 2,380  00
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1,203,221 pieces of copper coins, 727,221 476,000
Total amount of copper coins, --------- 9,652  21
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2,731,345 pieces of coins. Amount of all the coins struck in 1807, 1,044,595  96

Mint of the United States, Treasurer’s Office, Philadelphia, 31st December, 1807.

BENJAMIN RUSH.


An abstract of the ordinary expenditures of the Mint of the United States, from the 1st of January to the 31st of December, 1807, inclusive, viz:

Salaries. Wages. Incidental. Totals.
Quarter ending in March, $2,650 $1,766  81 $444  08 $4,860  89
"      " June, 2,650 1,969  17 1,969  02 6,588  19
"      " September, 2,650 1,962  47 450  40 5,062  87
"      " December, 2,650 1,841  18 1,014  19 5,505  37
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  $10,600   $7,539  63   $3,877  69 ---------  
Amount,   $22,017  32

Mint of the United States, Treasurer’s Office, Philadelphia, 31st December, 1807.

BENJAMIN RUSH.