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Letter from Marcus Benjamin to James Curtis Booth, June 16, 1886

  • 1886-Jun-16

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Marcus Benjamin (1857-1932), an American chemist and editor, requests biographical information from James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) for use in Drake's Dictionary of American Biography (1872).

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  • Series I: Correspondence 1824-1888
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  • Box 2, Folder 7

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Benjamin, Marcus. “Letter from Marcus Benjamin to James Curtis Booth, June 16, 1886,” June 16, 1886. Papers of James Curtis Booth, Box 2, Folder 7. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/p80xxp9.

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