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Letter from James Curtis Booth to Allen C. Thomas

  • 1882-Apr-27

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James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) writes to Professor Allen C. Thomas (1846-1920), prefect of Haverford College from 1878 to 1887, to apologize for missing Thomas' lecture on the Rhine. Booth discusses the merit of advertising lecturing in stations of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

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  • Series I: Correspondence 1824-1888
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  • Box 2, Folder 8

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Booth, James Curtis. “Letter from James Curtis Booth to Allen C. Thomas,” April 27, 1882. Papers of James Curtis Booth, Box 2, Folder 8. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/8t8bcch.

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