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Joseph Henry's Letter to Virginia Loyall Farragut (May 6, 1863)

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Summary

Letter from Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to Virginia Loyall Farragut, wife of Rear Admiral David Farragut, May 6, 1863. In the letter, Henry agrees, as Mrs. Farragut had requested, to welcome her son, Loyall Farragut, on his visit to Washington, D.C.

Subject

  • Farragut, David Glasgow 1801-1870
  • Farragut, Loyall b. 1844
  • Farragut, Virginia Loyall 1823-1884

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 10, pages 305-306 (Document 174).

Contained within

Rothenberg, Marc, et al, eds., The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 10, The Smithsonian Years: January 1858-December 1865 (Smithsonian Institution in association with Science History Publications/USA, 2004), 305-306

Contact information

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

Date

May 6, 1863

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Secretaries
  • Letters
  • Museums
  • Museum visitors

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

  • Document
  • Paper

ID Number

SIA2012-0025 and SIA2012-0026

Physical description

Number of Images: 2 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 7w x 10h ; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper

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