Author:

Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this

Joseph Henry Papers Project  Search this

Subject:

Powell, John Wesley 1834-1902  Search this

Robeson, George M (George Maxwell) 1829-1897  Search this

United States Congress  Search this

United States. Secretary of the Navy  Search this

Physical description:

Number of Images: 6 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 7w x 10h ; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper

Type:

Document

Paper

Place:

United States

Date:

June 9, 1871

Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes:

6 pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 11, pages 351-356 (Document 165).

Summary:

Letter from Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to George Maxwell Robeson, Secretary of the Navy, June 9, 1871. In the letter, Henry offers suggestions on how to funds recently appropriated by the United States Congress for the survey of the Colorado River by Major John Wesley Powell, a geologist and ethnologist, should be prescribed.

Contained within:

Rothenberg, Marc, et al, eds., The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 11, The Smithsonian Years: January 1866-May 1878 (Smithsonian Institution in association with Science History Publications/USA, 2007), 351-356

Contact information:

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Topic:

Expeditions  Search this

Surveying  Search this

Colorado River  Search this

Geologists  Search this

Geological surveys  Search this

Legislators  Search this

Geology  Search this

Secretaries  Search this

Expenditures, Public  Search this

Letters  Search this

Scientific expeditions  Search this

Standard number:

SIA2011-2782 and SIA2011-2783 and SIA2011-2784 and SIA2011-2785 and SIA2011-2786 and SIA2011-2787

Restrictions & Rights:

No restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_13139