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Letters from the Secretary of the Wetterauischen Gesellschaft fur die gesammte Naturkunde [Society of Natural History] to James Curtis Booth

  • 1839-Oct-26

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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. Includes a typewritten letter from the secretary of the Society, a handwritten letter, and a typed outline of the society's constitution and laws.

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  • Series I: Correspondence 1824-1888
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  • Box 1, Folder 2

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Wetterauische Gesellschaft für die gesammte Naturkunde. “Letters from the Secretary of the Wetterauischen Gesellschaft Fur Die Gesammte Naturkunde [Society of Natural History] to James Curtis Booth,” October 26, 1839. Papers of James Curtis Booth, Box 1, Folder 2. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/awyuox5.

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