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Gilder Lehrman Document Number: GLC02480.16

Title: to Josiah Sutherland

Author: Morton, William Thomas Green (1819-1868)

Year: 1854/07/25

Place: Washington, D.C.

Type of document: Autograph letter signed

Description: Morton, a dentist and physician, writes to lawyer and Congressman Sutherland for the second time requesting information on patents.

Annotation: Morton demonstrated the use of ether as an anesthetic, though his claim to discovering such was bitterly disputed.

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