Linderman Collection Remnants?

As part of the American Numismatic Society early correspondence scanning, Newman Portal recently processed a 1908 letter from M. H. Linderman to ANS President Archer M. Huntington, asking about disposing of a collection of 275 The Linderman name is well known among numismatic historians, as Henry R. Linderman served as U.S. Mint Director from 1873 to 1878.

Pete Smith notes in American Numismatic Biographies

The 1887 sale included a substantial offering of pattern cents, along with the note This entire sale was cancelled and offered again the following year, with a few pieces excepted. The cataloguer noted Again, this catalog included a good-sized offering of pattern cents.

If indeed these coins were from the Linderman family, one wonders if they were somehow more special than a random accumulation of pocket change.

Image: Extract of letter from M. H. Linderman to Archer M. Huntington, December 10, 1908

Link to Lyman Low June 28, 1887 sale of the Linderman collection:
https://archive.org/details/catalogueofvalua00lowl_2

Link to J. W. Scott February 28, 1888 sale of the Linderman collection:
https://archive.org/details/catalogueofvalua00scot_1