Samuel Guthrie papers, 1828-1932.

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Samuel Guthrie papers, 1828-1932.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122605311

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 detailed account of his brother Edwin's war experiences during the war with Mexico (1845-1848). Other materials also relate to the westward movement of the 1840's, the Anti-Mason party, and the presidential election of 1828 and inauguration of 1829.

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

Harold B. Lee Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6785328

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Guthrie, Edwin, 1806-1847

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Guthrie, Alfred, 1805-1882

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Engineer; instituted federal system of steamboat inspection. From the description of Letter : Chicago, [Ill.], to Isaac Strohm, 1861 Feb. 5. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 32483639 ...

Guthrie family

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Guthrie, Samuel, 1782-1848

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American chemist and inventor of chloroform and the percussion cap. From the description of Samuel Guthrie papers, 1828-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122605311 From the description of Guthrie photographs, circa 1860s-1900s. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367952441 From the guide to the Samuel Guthrie papers, 1828-1932, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Chamberlain, Harriet Guthrie, 1810-1864

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