Letter from Henry M. Morfit to James Curtis Booth, August 22, 1850
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Small JPG1200 x 1547px — 342 KBLarge JPG2880 x 3713px — 1.3 MBFull-sized JPG3415 x 4403px — 1.7 MBOriginal fileTIFF — 3415 x 4403px — 43.1 MBHenry M. Morfit (1793-1865) sends confidential news to James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) regarding Richard Sears McCulloch (1818 – 1894), a competitor for the refining patent submitted by Booth and Henry Morfit's son, Campbell Morfit (1820-1897). Morfit reports that McCulloch’s petition will be “adversely reported upon” by the patent committee.
Morfit, a claims lawyer in Washington, D.C. and a political figure in the Andrew Jackson presidential administrations, appears to have served as go-between for his son, Campbell, and Booth in their efforts to interest the U.S. Mint in their process for refining gold.
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Morfit, Henry Mason. “Letter from Henry M. Morfit to James Curtis Booth, August 22, 1850,” August 22, 1850. Papers of James Curtis Booth, Box 1, Folder 12. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/l4v08zh.
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