HENRY DOHERTY | SIGNED LETTER REGARDING FREDERICK GARDNER COTTRELL
1933. One-page TLS from founder of the Citgo Petroleum Corporation Henry L. Doherty to a Mr. Fairchild, dated January 7, 1933, on the subject of inviting Cottrell to stay at the Miami Biltmore Hotel. In Very Good minus condition. On Henry L. Doherty & Company letterhead. Faintly creased, with faint smudging and some scattered, small stains. Dog-ear fold to bottom left corner. Light wrinkling with small closed tears along edges. Signed by Doherty in black ink: ”Henry L. Doherty”. Shelved at DuPont Cottrell binder.
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Price: $200
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This piece comes from a large collection of letters to, from, and concerning Frederick Gardner Cottrell, a prominent American inventor and physical chemist. Best known for his invention of the electrostatic precipitator, a device which revolutionized emission-heavy industries, Cottrell rose to prominence for his endeavors to fund American scientific research through the establishment of the Research Corporation for Science Advancement. Cottrell was highly regarded by the other leading scientific minds of his age, a fact reflected in this collection of his letters with historic figures in research, academia, and American politics. Among these are Cottrell’s correspondences with Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and Nobel laureates William Ramsay (discoverer of the noble gases) and J. J. Thompson (discoverer of the electron), as well as exchanges with two American presidents, Herbert Hoover and Woodrow Wilson.