406 Miscellanies. 
to be made under the direction of the Treasury Department. The 
execution of this important commission was entrusted to Mr. F. R. 
Hassler, a gentleman who is well known to be fully qualified for the 
task. Several well authenticated foreign standards were employed 
in the operation, among which were an original metre, and an origi- 
nal kilogram. 'The document above cited contains two reports 
‘made by Mr. H.; the first exhibits principally the results of the op- 
erations, and the second a detailed account of the means and meth- 
ods used. ‘The report made in 1821, by the Hon. John Q. Adams, 
showed that great discrepancies existed among the weights and meas- 
ures used in this country, but no steps were then taken to remedy 
the evil. We learn from the letters of the secretary of the Treas- 
ury, accompanying Mr. H’s reports, that the custom houses through- 
out the country, are soon to be supplied with uniform and accurate 
weights and measures, and authentic standards, to’be fabricated at 
the United States’ Arsenal in Washington, , under the personal super- 
intendance of Mr. Hassler. 
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