Letter from Linus Pauling to Leonard Hamilton. December 27, 1955. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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• Check from LP to Forrest Carter for $175.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.2] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.3]
• Check from LP to Paddies, Inc. For $7,500.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.2]
• Invoice from Southern Pacific Company to LP for $27.26. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Tax Documents, 1930-1956), Box #4.001, Folder #1.9]
• Letter from Helen L. Brownson, Program Director for Scientific Documentation, National Science Foundation, to LP RE: Asks that LP evaluate the enclosed proposal, No. N-69. [Proposal review No. N-69, March 1, 1956] [LP Science: (National Science Foundation: Correspondence, 1947, 1951-1989), Box #14.029, Folder #29.3]
• Letter from LP to D. A. Mills, Information Service Supervisor, General Foods Corporation, RE: Does not have any more reprints of the articles on the oxygen meter which LP and his colleagues developed during WW II. Gives references for these two papers. Describes the history of the development of the oxygen meter. In a postscript, notes that he has found an extra copy of one of the reprints. Sends a copy of the other reprint, but requested that it be returned. [Letter from Mills to LP December 16, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1950-1955), #256.6]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Leonard Hamilton, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Individual Correspondence. (Condon - Cornforth)), #67.5]

  27 December 1955

  Dr. Leonard Hamilson

  Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research

  410 East 68th Street

  New York 21, N.Y.

  Dear D. Hamilton:

  The x-ray investigation of 6-mercaptopurine has now been carried out, by Dr. K. Hoogsteen, an able x-ray man who is working here this year. A copy of his report to me (by way of Professor Corey) is enclosed.

  You will note that the unit cell is rather large, its shortest axis being 7.76 A. This means that the discovery of an approximate structure of the crystal is apt to be a rather hard job. For this reason and other reasons mentioned in the report, we have decided that it would not be wise to make a complete structure determination.

  I think that Dr. Hoogsteen will write a short note, essentially the same as his report, for publication, probably in Acta Crystallographica.

  We thank you for giving us the opportunity of carrying out this preliminary x-ray study of the substance. I am sorry that the crystal has turned out to be rather poorly suited to a complete analysis.

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling:W

  cc: Prof. Corey

• Letter from LP to Dr. Stephen H. Fritchman, First Unitarian Church, RE: Apologizes that he cannot accept the invitation to speak at the summer conference in Camp Redford. [Letter from Frichtman to LP December 19, 1955] [Filed under LP Peace: Box 4.001, Folder 1.1]
• Letter from LP to Shirley McMahon, RE: Unable to accept the invitation to speak at the summer conference for religious liberals to be held in June at Camp Radford. LP and AHP will be away during the second half of June. [Letter from McMahon to LP December 13, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1950-1955), #256.6]
• Postcard from the University of Chicago Press to LP RE: Acknowledges receipt of two checks totaling $12.50 for a subscription to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences for Peter Pauling to begin with the January 1956 issue. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1953-1959), #444.3]