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Physical description:
Number of Images: 1 Color: Color ; Size: 7 3/4w x 9 7/8h ; Type of Image: Document; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Document
Photographic print
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
September 4, 1862
Civil War, 1861-1865
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Summary:
Letter from Solomon G. Brown, the first African American employee of the Smithsonian Institution, to then Assistant Secretary Spencer F. Baird, and later second Secretary, reporting on the possible danger in Washington, D.C., due to Confederate troops nearby. Since the Smithsonian Institution Building, or "Castle," located in the center of D.C., was vulnerable to attack, Brown inquired as to whether he should get Baird's silver ready for sending to him at Carlisle.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7002, Box 16, Folder: 11
