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Physical description:
Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 6 3/4w x 10h ; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper
Type:
Document
Paper
Date:
April 19, 1856
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
1 pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 9, page 353 (Document 200).
Summary:
Letter from Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to Joseph Leidy, a paleontologist, parasitologist, and protozoologist, April 19, 1856. In the letter, Henry agrees to any deputation from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, stating that the Smithsonian is an institute of collaboration, and not monopoly, intended to advance all branches of science.
Contained within:
Rothenberg, Marc, et al, eds., The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 9, The Smithsonian Years: January 1854-December 1857 (Smithsonian Institution in association with Science History Publications/USA, 2002), 353
