A Visit to the Cabinet of the United States Mint At Philadelphia
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The letters of Jefferson certify that such an order was given to Dupres, then one of the first engravers of France. The description of Mr. Jefferson's design (adopted with but slight change), the cost, and the need of such a diplo- matic present, are fully given in a letter from the Secretary to Mr. William Short, then at Paris. It was intended to attach a chain thereto like the old Roman medallions, and the cost was to vary according to the esteem in which the recipient was held. There is also... assurance afforded in these letters of Jefferson that two medals were struck, one for Marquis de la Luzerne, and the other for Count de Moustier, who succeeded Luzerne as minister to this coun- try. That for the marquis was much the handsomer, the cost being chiefly regulated by the chain, which for this was ordered to be heavy and composed of three hundred and sixty-five links. This eminent diplomat was endeared to the people of America by the practical humanity he dis- played toward our suffering troops around Philadelphia, a matter that required the greatest delicacy of the accom- plished minister, so as not to offend the Court of St.
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