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Joseph Henry's Letter to Lyman Copeland Draper (May 5, 1854)

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Summary

Letter from Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to Lyman Copeland Draper, Secretary of the Wisconsin Historical Society, May 5, 1854. In the letter, Henry agrees to receive Wisconsin legal documents, journals, and reports for the Smithsonian Institution's Library Collection.

Subject

  • Draper, Lyman Copeland 1815-1891
  • Smithsonian Library
  • Wisconsin Historical Society

Notes

2 pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 9, pages 63-64 (Document 24).

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), 63-64.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Date

May 5, 1854

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Acquisitions
  • Legal documents
  • Secretaries
  • Letters
  • Science
  • Periodicals
  • Reports
  • Societies
  • Acquisitions (Libraries)
  • Science--Societies, etc

Place

Wisconsin.

Form/Genre

  • Document
  • Paper

ID Number

SIA2012-0392 and SIA2012-0393

Physical description

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

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