Jon --

Thanks for the info on Griscom. I found a couple of books languishing in
our "stacks" catalog and am recataloging them into rare so the records will
be online.

-- Jessy


At 10:32 AM 10/31/1999 -0600, you wrote:
>FYI.  Griscom was an temperance sanitarian.  I have a piece on his _Uses
>and Abuses of Air_ in my forthcoming edition of _Ten Nights in a
>Bar-Room_. --Jon
>
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>Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 01:00:01 -0500
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>The following biography is from the American National Biography,
>published by Oxford University Press. Copyright 1999 ACLS.
>
>
>Griscom, John Hoskins (14 Aug. 1809-28 Apr. 1874), physician and
>sanitarian, was born in New York, New York, the son of John Griscom,
>an educator and chemist, and Abigail Hoskins. He attended the
>



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