Joseph Henry's Letter to Harriet Henry (April 13, 1847)

Summary

Letter from Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to Harriet Henry, his wife, April 13, 1847. In the letter, Henry describes his new life and work in Washington, DC, where he was appointed Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution just a few months prior to his writing on December 4, 1846.

Subject

Henry, Harriet A. 1808-1882

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

The accompanying PDF contains SIA2012-3255, SIA2012-3256, SIA2012-3257, SIA2012-3258, and SIA2012-3259, which are pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 7, pages 78-82 (Document 39).

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), 78-82

Contact information

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

Date

April 13, 1847

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Letters
• Secretaries

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

• Document
• Paper

ID Number

SIA2012-2826 and SIA2012-2827 and SIA2012-2828 and SIA2012-2829 and SIA2012-2830

Physical description

Number of Images: 5; Color: Color; Size: 7 3/4w x 9 3/4h; Type of Image: Document; Medium: Paper

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