Letter from Henry M. Morfit to James Curtis Booth, August 12, 1850
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Small JPG1200 x 1547px — 340 KBLarge JPG2880 x 3713px — 1.4 MBFull-sized JPG3415 x 4403px — 1.8 MBOriginal fileTIFF — 3415 x 4403px — 43.1 MBHenry M. Morfit (1793-1865) sends James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) a copy of a long letter sent to Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), Secretary of the Treasury, which outlines the refining process developed by Booth and Morfit's son, Campbell Morfit (1820-1897), and offers it for consideration.
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 12, 1850,” August 12, 1850. Papers of James Curtis Booth, Box 1, Folder 12. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/phpid8e.
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