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  Business correspondence

  Letter from James C. Booth to an unidentified "sir"

  • 1879-May-29

  James Curtis Booth's (1810-1888) comments on experiments made by A.E. Outerbridge on volatilization of silver of standard fineness.

  • Author Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
  • Subject Smelting, Silver, Metals--Refining, Mint of the United States, Metallurgy, Silver--Refining, Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Precious metals, United States Mint
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from the Mint of the United States, Melting and Refining Department to an unidentified "sir"

  • 1879-Jun-10

  Rough draft of a letter dealing with the results of A. E. Outerbridge’s experiments on the volatilization of standard silver. The letter is unsigned but is written in James Curtis Booth's (1810-1888) hand.

  • Author Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
  • Subject Smelting, Silver, Metals--Refining, Mint of the United States, Metallurgy, Silver--Refining, Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Precious metals, United States Mint
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  5 items
  Records (Documents)

  Points in Melting Silver

  • After 1849 – before 1887

  Notes providing instructions on how to melt silver.

  • Author Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
  • Subject Smelting, Silver, Metals--Refining, Mint of the United States, Metallurgy, Silver--Refining, Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Precious metals, United States Mint
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  2 items
  Records (Documents)

  Statement of the amount of wastage on the Gold and Silver deposits received at the U.S. Branch Mint at San Francisco, and the amount of coinage and parting charges on the same together with the Annual Expenditures from Jan. 1st 1857 to Jan. 1st 1868.

  • After 1867 – before 1887

  Tabulation of data including: year, date of settlement, gold wastage, silver wastage, silver excess, coinage charges, total coinage, expenses in [United States] currency, expenses in gold.

  • Author Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
  • Subject Gold, Smelting, Silver, Metals--Refining, Mint of the United States, Metallurgy, Silver--Refining, Gold--Refining, Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Old United States Mint (San Francisco, Calif.), United States Mint