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Newspaper clippings regarding President Cleveland’s signing of a relief bill for the estate of James C. Booth

  • 1892-Jan-10 ("A Careful Official")
  • 1894-Dec-29 ("Ledger and Transcript")

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Two clippings, titled "Ledger and Transcript" and "A Careful Official," document James Curtis Booth's (1810-1888) contributions to the United States Mint and announce the President's approval of an act for the relief of legal representation of Booth who lost three silver bars during his tenure.

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  • 6 cm W x 4.5 cm H ("Ledger and Transcript")
  • 6 cm W x 13 cm H ("A Careful Official")
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute
Digitization funder
  • Newman Numismatic Portal at Washington University in St. Louis

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  • Series IV: Miscellaneous James C. Booth Papers
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  • Box 8, Folder 23

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Booth, James Curtis. “Newspaper Clippings Regarding President Cleveland’s Signing of a Relief Bill for the Estate of James C. Booth.” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1892–1894. Papers of James Curtis Booth, Box 8, Folder 23. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/uky3vxm.

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