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Letter from the office of Platt & Brother to James Curtis Booth

  • 1860-Mar-01

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Office of Platt & Brother writes with a complaint that James Curtis Booth's (1810-1888) assay of Bailey's silver was not correct.

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  • 14.2 cm W x 23.5 cm H
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute
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  • Newman Numismatic Portal at Washington University in St. Louis.

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

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Platt & Brother. “Letter from the Office of Platt & Brother to James Curtis Booth,” March 1, 1860. Papers of James Curtis Booth, Box 2, Folder 5. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/wtoxfx9.

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