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Letter from Carter & Scattergood to James Curtis Booth, February 16, 1852
- 1852-Feb-16
Carter & Scattergood, a Philadelphia chemical manufacturing firm founded in 1834, request information on agricultural fertilizers from James Curtis Booth (1810-1888).
- Author Carter & Scattergood
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
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Letter from Aaron Clement on behalf of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture to James Curtis Booth
- 1852-Mar-03
Letter from Aaron Clement, recording secretary of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, informing James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) that he has been unanimously elected a member of the society.
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Letter from Thomas P. James to James Curtis Booth
- 1852-Feb-17
Thomas Potts James, recording secretary of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, writes to inform James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) that he has been appointed a member of the Committee on Horticultural Chemistry of the…
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Letter from J. Henry of the Smithsonian Institution to James Curtis Booth
- 1851-Jun-24
Comments and suggestions from Joseph Henry (1797–1878), the first Smithsonian Secretary and renowned physicist, for an article written by James Curtis Booth (1810-1888).
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Letter from R. B. Potts to James Curtis Booth
- 1851-Mar-08
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) asked for advice concerning the production of Prussian Blue.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Author Potts, Robert B.
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Prussian blue
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Letter from J. W. Baird of the Smithsonian Institution to James Curtis Booth
- 1851-Apr-04
J. W. Baird of the Smithsonian Institution provides instructions to James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) for the printing of a report.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Author Baird, J. W.
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Baird, J. W., Smithsonian Institution
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Letter from M. F. Borzano to James Curtis Booth
- 1851-Apr-01
Discussion of a "McCulloh" process for refining of gold, named for Richard Sears McCulloh (1818 – 1894) an American civil engineer and pupil of James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) from 1838 to 1839.
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Letter from Evan Pugh to James Curtis Booth
- 1851-Mar-02
Evan Pugh (1828-1864) wishes to study with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888). In shorthand, Pugh discusses some experiments in gaseous precipitation that he has carried out. Pugh became the first president of the…
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Letter from Charles C. Post to James Curtis Booth
- 1850-Oct-25
Charles C. Post, a cousin of James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) writes to Booth with news of the death of his son.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Author Post, Charles C.
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Post, Charles C.
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Letter from G. Emlen, Secretary of the University of Pennsylvania to James Curtis Booth
- 1850-Dec-04
The terms of James Curtis Booth's (1810-1888) faculty appointment as Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania are outlined.
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Letter from G. Emlen, Secretary of the University of Pennsylvania, to James Curtis Booth
- 1850-Oct-01
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) elected to faculty as Professor of Chemistry as Applied to the Arts at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Letter from T. Roberts Baker to James Curtis Booth, September 28, 1850
- 1850-Sep-28
T. Roberts Baker wishes to study chemistry under the tutelage of James Curtis Booth (1810-1888).
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Letter from Eben Norton Horsford to James Curtis Booth
- 1850-Sep-19
Eben Norton Horsford (1818-1893) requests information concerning a muffle furnace from James Curtis Booth (1810-1888). Horsford was an American scientist who taught agricultural chemistry in the Lawrence Scientific…
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Letter from an unidentified sender to James Curtis Booth
- 1850-Apr-29
A report on analysis of a mineral sample.
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Letter from John Jay Smith to James Curtis Booth
- 1850-Mar-26
John Jay Smith (1798-1881), a librarian at the Library Company of Philadelphia, requests information concerning cobalt from James Curtis Booth (1810-1888).
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Letter from C. Bolton to James Curtis Booth
- 1850-Mar-19
Concerns interest in the purchase of a mine.
- Author Bolton, C.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Mines and mineral resources, Mineral industries
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Letter from William Faber to James Curtis Booth, July 7, 1850
- 1850-Jul-07
Request for analysis of a sample of ore.
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Confirmation of membership from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia to James Curtis Booth
- 1852-Sep-28
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) is elected a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
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Letter from A. H. Senserry to James Curtis Booth
- 1854-Jul-12
An invitation to “Caledonia Springs.”
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Author Senserry, A. H.
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Ontario--Caledonia Springs
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Confidential letter from Richard McCulloh to James Curtis Booth
- 1849-Dec-12
Letter marked "confidential" discussing business of the United States Mint. Richard S. McCulloh (1818-1894) studied chemistry in Philadelphia with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) from 1838 to 1839. From 1846 to 1849 he…
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Letter from H. Rose to James Curtis Booth
- 1846-Sep-14
An introduction to Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist known for his regimen of observational data gathering and analysis.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Author Rose, H.
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873, Geology, Geologists
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Letter from W. E. Du Bois of the United States Mint to James Curtis Booth
- 1841-Mar-26
Note to James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) from William Ewing Du Bois (1810-1881), Assistant Assayer of the United States Mint, thanking Booth for his specimens.
