Hooker Emerald Donated to SI
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PrintA 75-carat emerald, believed to have been owned by Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire, is given to the Smithsonian by Mrs. Stewart Hooker of New York.
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Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
October 18, 1977