“Furniture in clerks’ rooms.
“Various implements used in the several departments.
“About 2,000 bushels charcoal.
“Engravers’ tools, pots, bottles, etc.
“An old horse cart and gears.
“About 2,000 fire brick.
“Considerable quantity of old iron.”
Stated machinery was in poor repair and should be moved by steam instead of horses. Said lots were too small and was greatly cramped for room.
Said lots were then very valuable, being in the heart of the city. In his opinion the necessary coins of the government could not be protected at much less expense than the mint cost.
In this inventory no mention was made of the building used by the coinage department, and which, no doubt, was the best and most important building then on the lots. The sizes of the lots given are inaccurate, and the idea evidently intended to be conveyed was that there was very little of value in buildings or equipment.