Chalk Drawing of an Earthquake contained in Henry D. Rogers' Letter to Joseph Henry (June 15, 1843)
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Request permissionsDownload image PrintLetter from Henry D. Rogers, a geologist, to Joseph Henry, then a professor at Princeton University and later first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, June 15, 1843. In the letter, Rogers discusses a chalk drawing of an earthquake that he is sending Henry. The drawing was made by Russell Smith, a theatrical painter and illustrator for geological surveys, on the back of the letter. He asks Henry to allow no copies to be made, other than those for himself, so he can maintain the freshness of the subject for his forthcoming lectures on earthquakes.
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The accompanying PDF contains SIA2012-3040, which is a page scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 5, page 361.
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
June 15, 1843
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