Joseph Henry's Letter to Thomas Ewing (June 19, 1849)
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Download IIIF ManifestRequest permissionsDownload image PrintLetter from Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to Thomas Ewing, United States Secretary of the Interior, June 19, 1849. In the letter, Henry seeks the designated appropriation from the United States Executive Branch for the Smithsonian Institution.
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2 pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 7, pages 564-565 (Document 315).
Rothenberg, Marc, et al, eds., The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 7, The Smithsonian Years: January 1847-December 1849 (Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1996), 564-565
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
June 19, 1849
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