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Box 8

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Contains 13 Results:

McCulloh, R. S. Correspondence [1 of 4], 1844-1887

 File — Box: 8, Folder: F99
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Former Melter and Refiner of the U. S. Mint, whom Booth succeeded, and Professor at a number of universities. Correspondence regarding melting and refining processes, business at the Mint, and personal matters. 11 items

Dates: 1844-1887

McCulloh, R. S. Correspondence [2 of 4], 1844-1887

 File — Box: 8, Folder: F100
Scope and Contents

Former Melter and Refiner of the U. S. Mint, whom Booth succeeded, and Professor at a number of universities. Correspondence regarding melting and refining processes, business at the Mint, and personal matters. 14 items

Dates: 1844-1887

McCulloh, R. S. Correspondence, [3 of 4], 1844-1887

 File — Box: 8, Folder: F101
Scope and Contents

Former Melter and Refiner of the U. S. Mint, whom Booth succeeded, and Professor at a number of universities. Correspondence regarding melting and refining processes, business at the Mint, and personal matters, 12 items

Dates: 1844-1887

McCulloh, R. S. Correspondence, 1844-1887

 File — Box: 8, Folder: F102
Scope and Contents

Former Melter and Refiner of the U. S. Mint, whom Booth succeeded, and Professor at a number of universities. Correspondence regarding melting and refining processes, business at the Mint, and personal matters, 12 items

Dates: 1844-1887

Morfit family. Correspondence [1 of 2], 1850-1884

 File — Box: 8, Folder: F103
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Correspondence primarily from Campbell Morfit, as well as Clarence, Henry, Henrietta, and Charles Morfit. Correspondence concerns patent problems, Mint business, and personal matters, 13 item.

Dates: 1850-1884

Morfit family. Correspondence [2 of 2], 1850-1887

 File — Box: 8, Folder: F104
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Correspondence primarily from Campbell Morfit, as well as Clarence, Henry, Henrietta, and Charles Morfit. Correspondence concerns patent problems, Mint business, and personal matters, 23 items

Dates: 1850-1887

Outerbridge, Alexander Ewing, 1850-1928. Correspondence, 1881-1887

 File — Box: 8, Folder: F105
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Assayer of the U. S. Mint at Philadelphia, and metallurgist at A. Whitney & Sons, Car Wheel Works. Personal correspondence. Included with the correspondence is a pamphlet written by Outerbridge, Some Experiments with Alloys of Silver with Embrittling Metals (1879). 8 items.

Dates: 1881-1887

Peale family. Correspondence, 1884

 File — Box: 8, Folder: F106
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Correspondents are the artist, mechanician, and naturalist, Titian Ramsey Peale, and his wife Lucy Peale. Personal correspondence. Included with this material are letters from a representative of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania concerning T. R. Peale's manuscripts. 6 items.

Dates: 1884

Renwick, Edward Sabine, 1823-1912. Correspondence, 1873-1877

 File — Box: 8, Folder: F107
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Inventor and patent expert in Washington, D.C. Correspondence concerning importation of bottles from England and other Mint business. 5 items.

Dates: 1873-1877

Silliman, Benjamin, 1816-1885. Correspondence, 1854-1873

 File — Box: 8, Folder: F108
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Editor of American Journal of Science and Arts, and Professor of Chemistry at Yale School of Medicine. Letter of introduction, inquiry concerning Silliman's character, and chemical inquiries. 3 items.

Dates: 1854-1873

Weightman, William, 1813-1904. Correspondence, 1850-1884

 File — Box: 8, Folder: F109
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Partner of Power, Weightman, and Harrison, manufacturers of chemicals. Inquiries concerning chemical analysis of ores. 10 items.

Dates: 1850-1884

Wharton, Joseph, 1826-1909. Correspondence [1 of 2], 1857-1885

 File — Box: 8, Folder: F110
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Manager of the Lehigh Zinc Co., founder of Bethlehem Spelter Works, Camden Nickel Works, chemist, geologist, mineralogist, and metallurgist. Correspondence concerns the purchase of zinc by the U. S. Mint, letters requesting Booth to arbitrate a dispute between Wharton and Lehigh Zinc Co., and other inquiries. 16 items.

Dates: 1857-1885

Wharton, Joseph, 1826-1909. Correspondence [2 of 2], 1857-1885

 File — Box: 8, Folder: F111
Scope and Contents

Manager of the Lehigh Zinc Co., founder of Bethlehem Spelter Works, Camden Nickel Works, chemist, geologist, mineralogist, and metallurgist. Correspondence concerns the purchase of zinc by the U. S. Mint, letters requesting Booth to arbitrate a dispute between Wharton and Lehigh Zinc Co., and other inquiries. 29 items.

Dates: 1857-1885