This scrapbook contains a few letters from October 1878 concerning the price of precious metals. The remainder of the volume consists of price lists, catalogues, and circulars from chemical and metal suppliers. The following dealers are represented: H.B. Clarke (London); Johnson, Matthey & Co. (London); M.A. Reed & Co. (London); J.Berger Spence & Co. (London); Savary, Young & Co. (London); Theodore Schuchardt (Gorlitz); Charles Cooper & Co. (New York); Reinmann & Baetz (New York); C.A.F.Kahlbaum (Berlin); Spencer & Watson (Newcastle-on-Tyne); H.Trommsdorff (Erfurt); The Electrical Supply Co. (New York). Only the correspondence and the cover page of each catalogue has been selected.
[SB796A], Letter from Edward Riley to James Adams, October 22nd, 1878 1878-10-22
[SB796B], Letter from Johnson Matthey & Co to James Adams, October 22nd, 1878 1878-10-22
[SB796D], Letter from Spencer and Watson to Thomas Alva Edison, October 30th, 1878 1878-10-30