Letter from Joseph Henry to Alexander Bache (August 9-10, 1838)

Summary

Letter from Joseph Henry, then a professor at Princeton University and later first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to Alexander Dallas Bache, a physicist and later Smithsonian Institution Regent, August 9, 1838. In the letter, Henry discusses his recent trip to Europe, and the need for raising standards for scientific study in the United States.

Subject

• Bache, A. D (Alexander Dallas) 1806-1867
• Regents Smithsonian Institution

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

The accompanying PDF contains SIA2012-2993, SIA2012-2994, SIA2012-2995, SIA2012-2996, SIA2012-2997, SIA2012-2998, SIA2012-2999, SIA2012-3000, SIA2012-3001, SIA2012-3002, SIA2012-3003, and SIA2012-3004, which are pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 4, pages 95-106.

Contained within

• Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7053, Box 3, Folder: 8
• Reingold, Nathan, et al, eds., The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 4, The Princeton Years: January 1838-December 1840 (Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1981), 95-106

Contact information

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

Date

August 9-10, 1838

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Letters
• Secretaries
• Science
• Physicists

Place

• United States
• Europe

Form/Genre

• Paper
• Document

ID Number

SIA2012-2544 and SIA2012-2545 and SIA2012-2546 and SIA2012-2547 and SIA2012-2548 and SIA2012-2549 and SIA2012-2550 and, SIA2012-2551 and SIA2012-2552 and SIA2012-2553 and SIA2012-2554 and SIA2012-2555 and SIA2012-2556 and SIA2012-2557

Physical description

Number of Images: 14 ; Color: Color ; Size: 7 1/4w x 9 3/4h ; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper

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