Joseph Henry's Letter to Harriet Henry (January 26, 1847)
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Request permissionsDownload image PrintLetter from Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to Harriet Henry, his wife, January 26, 1847. In the letter, Henry discusses his life in Washington, DC, and the work he is doing at the newly established Smithsonian Institution. He writes that the Regents had accepted his plan for half of the funding of the Institution to be used for scientific research, publications, and lectures, and the other half to be used for a museum, library, and collections.
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The accompanying PDF contains SIA2012-3247, SIA2012-3248, and SIA2012-3249, which are pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 7, pages 25-27 (Document 10).
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
January 26, 1847
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SIA2012-2823 and SIA2012-2824 and SIA2012-2825
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