Number of Images: 2 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 6 3/4w x 10h ; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper
Type:
Document
Paper
Place:
Latin America
Date:
December 5, 1850
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
2 pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 8, pages 132-133 (Document 77).
Summary:
Letter from Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to Ephraim George Squier, an archaeologist, December 5, 1850. In the letter, Henry discusses the shipping charges for some artifacts that Squier sent to the Smithsonian from Latin America. He also discusses Squier's suggestion that an archeological museum be incorporated as part of the Smithsonian Institution.
Contained within:
Rothenberg, Marc, et al, eds., The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 8, The Smithsonian Years: January 1850-December 1853 (Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1998), 132-133
