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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, July 19, 1854

  • 1854-Jul-19

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Campbell Morfit (1820-1897), Professor of Chemistry at the University of Maryland and collaborator with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) on a patent gold refining method, writes with mention of an illness to Booth.

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  • Series I: Correspondence 1824-1888
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  • Box 1, Folder 11

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Morfit, Campbell. “Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, July 19, 1854,” July 19, 1854. Papers of James Curtis Booth, Box 1, Folder 11. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/cem66rq.

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