Joseph Henry's Letter to John F. Frazer (October 27, 1855)

Summary

Letter from Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to John F. Frazer, Vice President of the American Philosophical Society, October 27, 1855. In the letter, Henry discusses Frazer's review of Volume 7 of the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge published earlier that year.

Subject

• Frazer, John Fries 1812-1872
• American Philosophical Society
• Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge (Publication)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

3 pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 9, pages 291-293 (Document 165).

Contained within

Rothenberg, Marc, et al, eds., The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 9, The Smithsonian Years: January 1854-December 1857 (Smithsonian Institution in association with Science History Publications/USA, 2002), 291-293

Contact information

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

Date

October 27, 1855

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Publications
• Secretaries
• Letters
• Science
• Societies
• Science--Societies, etc

Place

United States

Form/Genre

• Document
• Paper

ID Number

SIA2012-0881 and SIA2012-0882 and SIA2012-0883

Physical description

Number of Images: 3 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 7w x 10h ; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper

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