Joseph Henry's Letter to Spencer Fullerton Baird (April 13, 1857)
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Request permissionsDownload image PrintLetter from Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to Spencer Fullerton Baird, then Assistant Secretary and later second Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, April 13, 1857. In the letter, Henry discusses the publication of Thomas M. Brewer's paper, North American Oology Part I, Raptors and Fissitrostres, and the number of copies to be printed. Henry writes about the importance of publication to the mission of the Smithsonian.
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The accompanying PDF contains SIA2012-3414, which is a page scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 9, page 448 (Document 258).
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
April 13, 1857
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