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Stories from the Smithsonian
Solomon Brown: First African American Employee at the Smithsonian Institution
Letter describing his work, August 12, 1862
Letter detailing fears of a Confederate attack, September 4, 1862
Letter on delays in communication and shipment on the railroads, September 6, 1862
Letter on Confederate Army marching on Washington, DC, July 15, 1864
Letter with request for increased salary, August 6, 1864
Letter about exemption from Union military draft, September 23, 1864
"Fifty Years To-day," poem commemorating his 50th anniversary (1902)
Image Gallery: Solomon Brown
Mary Henry: Eyewitness to the Civil War
William Healey Dall: Alaskan Explorer
The Wright Brothers: Pioneers in Aviation
Robert H. Goddard: American Rocket Pioneer
James Smithson: Founder of the Smithsonian Institution
James Renwick, Jr., Architect of Smithsonian Buildings
William Temple Hornaday: Saving the American Bison
Wilson A. Bentley: Pioneering Photographer of Snowflakes
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Solomon Brown, "Fifty Years To-day," poem commemorating his 50th anniversary (1902) of employment at the Smithsonian Institution, published in 1903