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train of rod rolls and went into service in a Penn- 

 sylvania rolling mill. 



In giving such recollections as may occur to me of 

 the evolution in the various processes up to the final 

 steam coinage, I shall endeavor as far as possible to 

 clear them of the accumulated cobwebs and dust of 

 time. These advances and improvements commenced 

 during the administration of Dr. Samuel Moore as 

 director, 93 who first saw there was room for improve- 



03 Director from 1824 to 1835, preceded by Robert Patterson, 

 the elder, and succeeded by Robert M. Patterson, son of the 

 earlier director. 



ment in the melting and refining department to secure 

 more uniform results and to save waste. 



For the purpose of learning what had been done 

 both chemically and mechanically in the European 

 mints and metallurgical establishments, that they 

 might be introduced in the U.S. Mint, he obtained 

 permission to appoint an assistant assayer and an ap- 

 propriation to send him abroad for a thorough 

 investigation of methods. For this purpose my 

 mother's half brother, Franklin Peale, was selected 

 and appointed and went abroad on the mission in 

 May, 1833, and he was engaged in the investigation 

 about two years, reporting progress from time to time. 



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