Joseph Cloud (August 27, 1770 – July 3, 1845) held the office of melter and refiner at the
U.S. Mint
The United States Mint is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury responsible for producing coinage for the United States to conduct its trade and commerce, as well as controlling the movement of bullion. It does not produce paper money; that ...
at
Philadelphia Mint from 1797 to 1836.
Life
He was born on August 27, 1770, the eldest son and third child of Abner Cloud and his wife Mary née Pyle. His parents had married ''c''. 1760 and his father was descended from William Cloud, originally of
Calne,
Wiltshire, who purchased land in the future
Concord township in 1682.
[John Smith Futhey]
''History of Chester county, Pennsylvania''
vol. 2 (1881), p. 500 Cloud was appointed melter and refiner at the Philadelphia Mint by President
George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of th ...
in January 1797, and held the post until he resigned in 1836, owing to poor eyesight.
Cloud was elected a member of the
American Philosophical Society in
Philadelphia.
He then resided at Radnor until his death on July 3, 1845.
He was succeeded in his post at the mint by
Franklin Peale
Benjamin Franklin Peale (born Aldrovand Peale; October 15, 1795 – May 5, 1870) was an employee and officer of the Philadelphia Mint from 1833 to 1854. Although Peale introduced many innovations to the United States Mint, Mint of the United ...
.
References
1770 births
1845 deaths
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