The Musical Mint Sofa

Official Misconduct of Franklin Peale (1853), just uploaded to the Newman Portal, details charges leveled against the 19th century Chief Coiner of the Mint by Richard S. McCulloh, theformer melter and refiner. Peale was in particular accused of using Mint workmen to equip a trumpet mechanism with a sofa, "designed to terrify children and disturb the nerves of femalevisitors." More seriously, Peale was charged with lining his own pocket in the production of award medals contracted to the Mint. Although a public domain document, copies of Official Misconductare uncommon, and we are grateful to Roger W. Burdette for providing these scans.

Link to Official Misconduct on NNP:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/536010