Frelinghuysen, Frederick T (Frederick Theodore) 1817-1885 Search this
International Meridian Conference (1884 : Washington, D.C.) Search this
Subject:
International Meridian Conference (1884 : Washington, D.C.) Search this
Physical description:
20 p. (5 sheets) ; 38 cm
Type:
Congresses
Place:
Prime Meridian
Date:
1884
Notes:
Manuscript handwritten in ink
The letter is signed at the end by the U.S. Secretary of State, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen.
W.F. Allen became one of the United States delegates at the International Meridian Conference, serving as the Secretary for Railway Time Conventions.
Summary:
Letter notifying William F. Allen that the President of the United States (Chester A. Arthur) will be calling together an international group of delegates to a meeting in Washington D.C. on October 1, 1884 to discuss and fix upon a meridian "for common zero of longitude and standard of time reckoning throughout the globe." Names of tentative attendees from various nations are listed, with general details about appropriations and other arrangements for the conference.
SCDIRB copy is unbound, with a contemporary red, white, and blue twisted cord knotted through a single hole in the upper left corner of each folded leaf; housed in an archival envelope for preservation Search this
