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Letter from James Curtis Booth to John Jay Knox

  • 1866-Nov-23

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James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) responds to an inquiry from John Jay Knox Jr. (1828-1892), an American financier, government official, and primary author of the Coinage Act of 1873, which discontinued the use of the silver dollar. Booth describes the relative values of the United States silver dollar, half dollar, and Mexican pesos.

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  • Series I: Correspondence 1824-1888
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  • Box 2, Folder 5

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Booth, James Curtis. “Letter from James Curtis Booth to John Jay Knox ,” November 23, 1866. Papers of James Curtis Booth, Box 2, Folder 5. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/exp6fjh.

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