Joseph Henry's Letter to Alexander Dallas Bache (August 18, 1865)
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Request permissionsDownload image PrintLetter from Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to his close friend Alexander Dallas Bache, a physicist and Smithsonian Institution Regent, August 18, 1865. In the letter, Henry describes events at the Smithsonian, including repairs being made to the Smithsonian Institution Building, or "Castle," following the fire that occurred on January 24, 1865.
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The accompanying PDF contains SIA2012-1001, SIA2012-1002, and SIA2012-1003, which are pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 10, pages 534-536 (Document 294).
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
August 18, 1865
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