Joseph Henry's Letter to Harriet Henry (May 3, 1847)
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Request permissionsDownload image PrintLetter 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.
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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).
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
May 3, 1847
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SIA2012-2831 and SIA2012-2832 and SIA2012-2833 and SIA2012-2834 and SIA2012-2835
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