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This is why "fiar copies" ended in 1897.
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Until late 1897 US Mint clerks made handwritten "fair copies" of correspondence in large journals. This order from Treasury Secretary Gage ended that practice.

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This is a sample handwritten fair copy of a letter sent to the New Orleans Mint concerning plans to close the facility as a coinage mint and retain it only as an assay office. Each page in the fair copy journal was prenumbered from 1 to 500, and it also included pages for an alphabetical index. More than one letter, telegram, or memorandum could occupy a page.

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