Joseph Henry Appointed to Government Hospital for the Insane's Board of Visitors

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Date: July 4, 1863

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Summary

Smithsonian Secretary Joseph Henry is appointed to the Board of Visitors of the Government Hospital for the Insane, established in 1855 and later known as St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Henry attends his first board meeting on July 7 and remains a member of the board for the rest of his life. The Hospitals founder, Dorothea Dix, was a friend of the Henry family.

Subject

  • Henry, Joseph 1797-1878
  • Dix, Dorothea Lynde 1802-1887
  • Government Hospital for the Insane (U.S.)
  • Saint Elizabeths Hospital (Washington, D.C.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Hand-colored opalotype on white glass portrait photograph of Dorothea Dix (1802-1887), c. 1879. National Portrait Gallery, object number NPG.97.137.
  • Marc Rothenberg, et al, eds. The Papers of Joseph Henry, Vol. 10, January 1858-December 1865: The Smithsonian Years. Washington, D.C.: Science History Publications, 2004, p. 321.

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Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

July 4, 1863

Topic

District of Columbia

Place

  • District of Columbia
  • Washington (D.C.)

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