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Discoverer of Saccharin
REMSEN, Ira (1846-1927). American chemist; conducted investigations both organic and inorganic chemistry. President of Johns Hopkins (1901-12). Founded American Chemical Journal and author of many text books. T.L.S., on the imprinted stationery of Johns Hopkins University, President, two pages, first and third leaf, 12/17/01. To My Dear Munroe: “I beg of you not to give the matter referred to another thought. What happened was perfectly natural I spent a very good night at the Brunswick and got away Sunday morning in good shape... I was comfortable at the Club, and my comfort was not in the least interfered with by the various forms of activity that were showing themselves. I was glad of the opportunity to see the inner workings of a club of that kind, as I am sure it must be of great value to the Institute I should like some time to ask you a number of questions in regard to the management, as we have a somewhat similar problem to deal with here…” Signed in full....................... $195.00
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