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Chloroform -- History

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Samuel Guthrie papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231207702]
Identifier: MSS 1600
Scope and Contents Correspondence, patents, legal documents, genealogies, newspaper articles, obituaries, and historical accounts by or about Samuel Guthrie and other members of the Guthrie family. The correspondence between Samuel Guthrie and his daughter Harriet Guthrie Chamberlain concern personal and family matters and describe Samuel's patents on chloroform and the percussion cap. Items by Alfred Guthrie include information about the steamboat inspection and regulation in the United States and a...
Dates: 1828-1932
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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