May 12, 2005 - Sale 2043

Sale 2043 - Lot 16

Price Realized: $ 172
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 100 - $ 150
BRYAN, WILLIAM JENNINGS. Typed Letter Signed, to the Diplomatic and Consular Offices of the United States of America in Europe, a letter of introduction for Charles E. Munroe who was investigating the use of various explosives in mining operations. 1 page, folded 4to sheet with integral blank, State Department stationery. Washington, 8 July 1913

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". . . Professor Munroe is going abroad for the purpose of studying the methods of testing explosives for use in mining operations, with a view to diminishing the number and extent of mining accidents in this country through the development or selection of more efficient and safer explosives . . ."