 The officers at the Philadelphia Mint , including Chief Coiner Franklin Peale , were mostly the friends and relations of Director Patterson . The outsider in their midst was Chief Engraver James B. Longacre , successor to Gobrecht ( who had died in 1844 ) . A former copper @-@ plate engraver , Longacre had been appointed through the political influence of South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun . 
 The officers at the Philadelphia Mint , including Chief Coiner Franklin Peale , <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> mostly the friends and relations of Director Patterson . The outsider in their midst was Chief Engraver James B. Longacre , successor to Gobrecht ( <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>had</mark></a> died in 1844 ) . A former copper @-@ plate engraver , Longacre <a href='been_done' title='4'><mark>had</mark></a> been appointed through the political influence of South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun . 
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