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Howard Stansbury's Letter to Joseph Henry (December 27, 1850)

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Summary

Letter from Howard Stansbury, a captain in the Corps of Topographical Engineers, to Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, December 27, 1850. In the letter, Stansbury reports his barometric measurements taken during an expedition to the Salt Lake Valley.

Subject

  • Henry, Joseph 1797-1878
  • United States Army Corps of Engineers
  • Meteorological Project

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 8, pages 137-138 (Document 80).

Contained within

Rothenberg, Marc, et al, eds., The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 8, The Smithsonian Years: January 1850-December 1853 (Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1998), 137-138

Contact information

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

Date

December 27, 1850

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Scientific expeditions
  • Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Secretaries
  • Letters
  • Expeditions
  • Barometer
  • Meteorology
  • Physical measurements

Form/Genre

  • Document
  • Paper

ID Number

SIA2012-0422 and SIA2012-0423

Physical description

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

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