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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, September 19, 1850

  • 1850-Sep-29

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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. Letter contains an early example of a "smiley face" in a message.

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  • Series I: Correspondence 1824-1888
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  • Box 1, Folder 10

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Morfit, Campbell. “Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, September 19, 1850,” September 29, 1850. Papers of James Curtis Booth, Box 1, Folder 10. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/9m8cxf5.

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