Excerpt from Joseph Henry's Desk Diary (October 10, 1866)

Summary

Excerpt from the Desk Diary of Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, October 10, 1866. In the note, Henry discusses attending a meeting of Asa Gray's, a botanist, scientific club at Harvard University that was very interesting and included Gray's account of the additions to a new edition of Charles Darwin's work on evolution, On the Origin of Species.

Subject

• Darwin, Charles 1809-1882
• Gray, Asa 1810-1888
• Harvard University

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

4 pages scanned Henry Desk Diary

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7001, Box 14, Folder: 1866

Contact information

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

Date

October 10, 1866

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Diaries
• Secretaries
• Botany
• Evolution (Biology)
• Botanists

Form/Genre

• Document
• Paper

ID Number

SIA2009-1210 and SIA2009-1211 and SIA2009-1212 and SIA2009-1213

Physical description

Number of Images: 4; Color: Color; Size: 9w x 11h; Type of Image: Document; Medium: Paper

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