Letter from James B. Guthrie to James Curtis Booth, April 5, 1854
James Booth Papers (1854)
Book Summary
James B. Guthrie (1792 - 1869), United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1853-1857, requests James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) testify before the New York Board of Supervisory Inspectors of Steam Boats. Booth notes that he is unable to do so due to a scarcity of bismuth which had delayed his research.