Joseph Henry's Letter to Samuel Steman Haldeman (May 31, 1848)

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Summary

Letter from Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to Samuel Stehman Haldeman, a naturalist and philologist, May 31, 1848. In the letter, Henry discusses the use of some Smithsonian funds to aid the research of Spencer Fullerton Baird, and ornithologist and later Assistant Secretary and then second Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He asks Haldeman to prepare a report on the significance of the research.

Subject

Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

2 pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 7, pages 337-338 (Document 182).

Contained within

Rothenberg, Marc, et al, eds., The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 7, The Smithsonian Years: January 1847-December 1849 (Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1996), 337-338

Contact information

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

Date

May 31, 1848

Restrictions & Rights

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Topic

  • Assistant Secretaries
  • Animals
  • Letters
  • Secretaries
  • Birds
  • Reports
  • Philology
  • Naturalists
  • Funds
  • Ornithologists
  • Research

Form/Genre

  • Document
  • Paper

ID Number

SIA2012-3250 and SIA2012-3251

Physical description

Number of Images: 2 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 6 3/4w x 10h ; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper

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