Joseph Henry's Letter to George Perkins Marsh (November 18, 1851)
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Download IIIF ManifestRequest permissionsDownload image PrintLetter from Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to George Perkins Marsh, former Smithsonian Regent, United States Minister to Italy and environmentalist, November 18, 1851. In the letter, Henry discusses the ongoing work of the Smithsonian Institution, which had been increasing its library and museum holdings, but he complains about the high cost of the construction of the Smithsonian Institution Building, or "Castle."
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3 pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 8, pages 260-262 (Document 156).
Rothenberg, Marc, et al, eds., The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 8, The Smithsonian Years: January 1850-December 1853 (Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1998), 260-262
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
November 18, 1851
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