Letter from Benjamin Smith Lyman to John K. Gittens

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Title:
Letter from Benjamin Smith Lyman to John K. Gittens
Description:
Responding to an inquiry about the Shippen and Wetherill tract with details of its geological composition, and declining an unreasonably low offer of 50 to $75,000.
Creator:
Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920
Addressee:
Gittens, John K.
Date:
May 19, 1902
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 013 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Benjamin Smith Lyman Papers
Series:
Series 1. Correspondence
Subjects:
Coal mines and mining--Pennsylvania
Places:
Pennsylvania
Shippen and Wetherill Tract (Pa.)
Extent:
1 p.
Link to Item:
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Place of origin:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums190-b013a-f05-i178