Joseph Henry's Letter to Spencer Fullerton Baird (August 12, 1866)

Summary

Letter from Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to Spencer Fullerton Baird, then Assistant Secretary and later second Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, August 12, 1866. In the letter, Henry discusses a recent meeting of the National Academy of Sciences, and his feelings about the election of a president for the group.

Subject

• Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887
• National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

The accompanying PDF contains SIA2012-3143, SIA2012-3144, and SIA2012-3145, which are pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 11, pages 67-69 (Document 32).

Contained within

• Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7002, Box 25, Folder: 10 - Joseph Henry, 1866-1870
• Rothenberg, Marc, et al, eds., The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 11, The Smithsonian Years: January 1866-May 1878 (Smithsonian Institution in association with Science History Publications/USA, 2007), 67-69

Contact information

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

Date

August 12, 1866

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Assistant Secretaries
• Elections
• Meetings
• Letters
• Secretaries

Form/Genre

• Document
• Paper

ID Number

SIA2012-2688 and SIA2012-2688a and SIA2012-2689 and SIA2012-2689a

Physical description

Number of Images: 2 ; Color: Color ; Size: 5 1/2w x 8 1/2h ; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper

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