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Letter from Spencer Baird to George Lawrence
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3
Date:
March 29, 1873
Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Spencer Baird writes to George Lawrence regarding the acquisition of dynamite cartridges "for the purpose of blasting out crevices of rock, or exploding under water for the purpose of killing fish."
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Location:
I-SpahrB-1966-12
Origin:
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr