Joseph Henry's Letter to Moses MacDonald (March 24, 1855)
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Request permissionsDownload image PrintLetter from Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to Moses Macdonald, a lawyer and politician from Maine, March 24, 1855. In the letter, Henry responds to Macdonald's inquires into matters of scientific discover, protocol, and classification.
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8 pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 9, pages 229-231 (Document 126).
Rothenberg, Marc, et al, eds., The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 9, The Smithsonian Years: January 1854-December 1857 (Smithsonian Institution in association with Science History Publications/USA, 2002), 229-231
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
March 24, 1855
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