Number of Images: 3 ; Color: Color ; Size: 8.5w x 11h ; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper
Type:
Document
Paper
Place:
United States
Date:
April 21, 1865
Civil War, 1861-1865
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
The accompanying PDF contains SIA2012-0027 and SIA2012-0028, which are pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 10, pages 504-505 (Document 277).
Summary:
Letter from Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to Helen Henry, his daughter, April 21, 1865. In the letter, Henry describes President Abraham Lincoln's funeral at the White House on April 18, 1865, which he attended as the representative of the Smithsonian Institution. During the Civil War (1861-1865), Henry was a scientific advisor to Lincoln.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7001, Box 57, Folder: 18 - 1860-1865
Rothenberg, Marc, et al, eds., The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 10, The Smithsonian Years: January 1858-December 1865 (Smithsonian Institution in association with Science History Publications/USA, 2004), 504-505