James Booth Papers
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) was Melter & Refiner at the United States Mint in Philadelphia. The James Booth papers are held by the Science History Institute in Philadelphia and the numismatic portions are presented here, courtesy of Science History Institute. Newman Numismatic Portal sponsored the digitization of this material in 2021.
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1/18/1882Letter from James Curtis Booth to A. L. Snowden, January 18, 1882
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) writes to Archibald Loudon Snowden (1835-1912), Superintendent of the United States Mint at Philadelphia from 1879 to 1885, to report on the Mint's bullion refining process.
2/11/1882Letter from James Curtis Booth to A. L. Snowden, February 11, 1882
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) writes to Archibald Loudon Snowden (1835-1912), Superintendent of the United States Mint at Philadelphia from 1879 to 1885, with an explanation of an apparent shortfall in production.
3/16/1882Letter from James Curtis Booth to A. L. Snowden, March 16, 1882
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) writes to Archibald Loudon Snowden (1835-1912), Superintendent of the United States Mint at Philadelphia from 1879 to 1885, to discuss the technique used in the treatments of sweeps.
4/20/1882Letter from James Curtis Booth to A. L. Snowden, April 20, 1882
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) writes to Archibald Loudon Snowden (1835-1912), Superintendent of the United States Mint at Philadelphia from 1879 to 1885, to compare the Philadelphia Mint's method for melting bars with the methods used at the Royal Mint in Bombay, India.
6/26/1882Letter from James Curtis Booth to A. L. Snowden, June 26, 1882
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) writes to Archibald Loudon Snowden (1835-1912), Superintendent of the United States Mint at Philadelphia from 1879 to 1885, to report on wastage for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1882.
8/24/1882Approximate value of Coinage of U.S. in Gold and Silver from the beginning in 1792 to 30th June, 1882
Calculations written on U.S. Mint letterhead, approximating the value of gold and silver coinage of the United States.
9/29/1882Letter from James Curtis Booth to H. E. Hickock
James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) writes to H.E. Hickock, Esq., of the United States Mint at Philadelphia, with a testimonial to the quality of zinc from the Bertha Mine in Southwest Virginia.
