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Letter from Linus Pauling to James Watson and Francis Crick. March 27, 1953.
Pauling writes to thank Watson and Crick for providing him with a pre-publication copy of their Nature letter and to express his excitement at learning which of the two proposed DNA structures is correct. Pauling also briefly details a few corrections that he and Corey have made to their model.

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Creator: Linus Pauling
Recipient: James D. Watson, Francis Crick
Associated: Nature, King's College (London)

Date: March 27, 1953
Genre: correspondence
ID: sci9.001.34-lp-watsoncrick-19530327
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