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Physical description:
Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Color ; Size: 7.17w x 10h ; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper
Type:
Document
Paper
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Maine
Potomac River
Date:
April 22, 1870
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
The accompanying PDF contains SIA2012-0998 and SIA2012-0999, which are pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 11, pages 290-291 (Document 141).
Summary:
Letter from Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to Hannibal Hamlin, a senator from Maine and Vice President from 1861 to 1865, April 22, 1870. In the letter, Henry expresses gratitude that a proposition was put forth in the United States Congress to convert the Washington Canal into a closed sewer. The Canal ran along side the Smithsonian Institution Building, or "Castle," cutting the Smithsonian off from downtown DC and spreading unpleasant smells across the Smithsonian grounds.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 33, Box 7, Folder: Volume 19
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), 290-291
