Joseph Henry's Letter to Harriet Henry (May 3, 1847)

Summary

Letter from Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to Harriet Henry, his wife, May 3, 1847. In the letter, Henry writes of a trip to Washington, DC, to meet with the Smithsonian Board of Regents. Henry was appointed Smithsonian Secretary in 1846.

Subject

• Henry, Harriet A. 1808-1882
• Board of Regents

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

The accompanying PDF contains SIA2012-1022, SIA2012-1023, SIA2012-1024, and SIA2012-1025, which are pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 7, pages 97-100 (Document 49).

Contained within

• Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7001, Box 57, Folder: 10 - January-April 1847
• Rothenberg, Marc, et al, eds., The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 7, The Smithsonian Years: January 1847-December 1849 (Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1996), 97-100

Contact information

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

Date

May 3, 1847

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Description and travel
• Secretaries
• Letters
• Travel

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

• Document
• Paper

ID Number

SIA2012-2831 and SIA2012-2832 and SIA2012-2833 and SIA2012-2834 and SIA2012-2835

Physical description

Number of Images: 4 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 7w x 10h ; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper

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