United States Government. AMERICAN STATE PAPERS. DOCUMENTS, LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE, OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FIRST CONGRESS TO THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTIETH CONGRESS, INCLUSIVE: COMMENCING MARCH 3, 1789, AND ENDING MAY 16, 1828. FINANCE. VOLUMES I–V. Buffalo: William S. Hein & Co., 1998 reprint of the original 1832–1859 edition. Five volumes, complete. Folio, original matching brown leatherette, gilt. (2), viii, 5–821, (1), xii + (2), viii, (5)–921, (1), xiv + (2), vii, (1), 837, (1), x + (2), vi, 1077, (1), xiii, (1) + (2), ix, (1), 1143, (1), xv, (1) pages; separate indexes to each volume included. Fine. A prime source of information relating to the early operations of the United States Mint and American coinage and currency. Rare and seldom offered; only 300 to 500 copies of the various volumes were originally printed and the reprint offered here is no longer easily located. Included herein are Hamilton's classic 1791 report "On the Establishment of a Mint," the Mint Reports for the period covered, Jefferson's 1790 response to John Mitchell's proposal to supply the United States with copper coinage, and the series of 1802 letters from the Mint in response to its proposed abolishment. This work comprises a complete record, distilled from the Congressional Record, of all Government reports and documents relating to American finance, of which coinage is treated as an integral part. In addition to the many reports relating to the Mint, also included are reports relating to the paper currency of the period. An indispensable tool for those interested in conducting serious research in the field of American numismatics. Ex Stack Family Library (Kolbe Sale 111, lot 185 at $1300 hammer); ex Cardinal Collection Library.