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Joseph Henry's Letter to John F. Frazer (October 27, 1855)

Catalog Data

Author:
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Joseph Henry Papers Project  Search this
Subject:
Frazer, John Fries 1812-1872  Search this
American Philosophical Society  Search this
Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge (Publication)  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 3 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 7w x 10h ; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper
Type:
Document
Paper
Place:
United States
Date:
October 27, 1855
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
3 pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 9, pages 291-293 (Document 165).
Summary:
Letter from Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to John F. Frazer, Vice President of the American Philosophical Society, October 27, 1855. In the letter, Henry discusses Frazer's review of Volume 7 of the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge published earlier that year.
Contained within:
Rothenberg, Marc, et al, eds., The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 9, The Smithsonian Years: January 1854-December 1857 (Smithsonian Institution in association with Science History Publications/USA, 2002), 291-293
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Secretaries  Search this
Publications  Search this
Science  Search this
Science--Societies, etc  Search this
Letters  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2012-0881 and SIA2012-0882 and SIA2012-0883
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_13108