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Letter from James Curtis Booth to his mother, Ann Booth
- 1836-Sep-18
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) declares his intention to resign his position as Assistant State Surveyor to devote his time to chemistry.
- Author Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Addressee Booth, Ann, 1772-1855
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Booth, Ann, 1772-1855
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Letter from the Academy of Natural Sciences to James Curtis Booth
- 1837-Jan-31
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) is elected a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
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Letter from Henry D. Rogers to James Curtis Booth, April 12, 1837
- 1837-Apr-12
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) is appointed as an assistant of Henry Darwin Rogers (1808-1866), an American geologist. Rogers provides Booth with expectations for his assistantship.
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Letter from James Curtis Booth to his mother, Ann Booth
- 1837-Jul-28
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) writes to his mother, Ann Booth née Bolton (1772-1855), mentioning an afternoon spent with James Bolton and a bottle of Duff Gordon’s Conversation-Wine. Then Booth discusses his upbringing.
- Author Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Addressee Booth, Ann, 1772-1855
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Booth, Ann, 1772-1855
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8 items
Letters from the Secretary of the Wetterauischen Gesellschaft fur die gesammte Naturkunde [Society of Natural History] to James Curtis Booth
- 1839-Oct-26
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) is elected a member of the Wetterauische Gesellschaft für der Naturkunde zu Hanau, one of the oldest natural history societies in Germany and Hesse's oldest registered association.…
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Letter from Friedrich Wöhler to James Curtis Booth, May 21, 1840
- 1840-May-21
Friedrich Wöhler (1800-1882) was the mentor of James Curtis Booth (1810-1888). Booth studied with Wöhler for two years in his private laboratory in the German state of Hesse-Kassel.
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Letter from the Phrenakosmian Society of Pennsylvania College to James Curtis Booth
- 1841-Jan-30
Corresponding Secretary of the Phrenakosmian Society of Pennsylvania College confirms James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) as an elected honorary member of the Society.
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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.
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Acknowledgement of gift from the Library of Congress to James Curtis Booth
- 1841-Jul-08
Certificate acknowledging the receipt of the Memoir of the Geological Survey of the State of Delaware donated and written by James Curtis Booth (1810-1888).
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Letter from the United States Treasury to James Curtis Booth
- 1842-Jan-29
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) is appointed as the Commissioner of the United States Mint.
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Author United States. Department of the Treasury, Forward, Walter, 1786-1852
- Subject Mint of the United States, Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, United States. Department of the Treasury, United States Mint, United States. Bureau of the Mint, Forward, Walter, 1786-1852
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Letter book belonging to James Curtis Booth
- 1844 – 1846
A collection of letters written by James Curtis Booth (1810-1888). Includes material related to a gold-refining patent.
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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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2 items
Letter from James C. Booth to an unidentified "sir"
- After 1849 – before 1887
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) comments on the subject of silver containing selenium. Letter relates to a set of correspondence from the New York Assay Office.
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30 items
Method of operating in the Melter and Refiner’s Department of the U.S. Mint at Philadelphia
- After 1849 – before 1887
Description of operating procedures at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia.
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Notes on the modes of operating in the Melting and Refining Office of the United States Mint
- After 1849 – before 1887
Description of operating procedures in the Melting and Refining Office of the United States Mint. Digitized content does not include page seven because it is not held by the repository.
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5 items
Points in Melting Silver
- After 1849 – before 1887
Notes providing instructions on how to melt silver.
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Report on the fineness of copper
- After 1849 – before 1887
Tabulation of data on the fineness of copper (i.e. weight of copper in proportion to the total weight of the metal including impurities and alloy base metals.)
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2 items
Report, "No. of ounces of pure silver in disks of different diameters and of one inch thickness"
- After 1849 – before 1887
Tabulation of data reporting the number of ounces of pure silver in disks of different diameters and of one inch thickness.
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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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List of Account Charges, December 29, 1849
- 1849-Dec-29
- Author Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Chemists, Accounting
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2 items
Booth, Garrett & Blair, Analytical and Consulting Chemists letterhead and envelope
- 1850s (Letterhead)
- After 1878 (Envelope)
Letterhead for the Laboratory for Practical and Analytical Chemistry and envelope for Booth, Garrett & Blair, Analytical and Consulting Chemists.
In 1836, James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) started a student laboratory in…
- Author Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Chemists, Letterheads
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Notebook containing an advertisement for The Encyclopedia of Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical
- 1850
A notebook containing handwritten references to various recipes and uses for ingredients. The first page includes an advertisement for The Encyclopedia of Chemistry, Practical and Theoretical: Embracing Its Application…
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Section from the Encyclopedia of Chemistry, Practical and Theoretical
- 1850
Pages 944 through 974, title pages, and preface of The Encyclopedia of Chemistry, Practical and Theoretical: Embracing Its Application to the Arts, Metallurgy, Mineralogy, Geology, Medicine, and Pharmacy (1850) by James…
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, January 4, 1850
- 1850-Jan-04
Campbell Morfit (1820-1897), a distinguished chemist and co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), writes to Booth with mention of articles he previously shared.
- Author Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897, Chemists