Joseph Henry's Letter to Isaac W. Jackson (March 23, 1867)

Summary

Letter from Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to Isaac W. Jackson, a professor of mathematics at Union College, March 23, 1867. In the letter, Henry apologizes for neglecting to reply to Jackson's letters. He states that since the fire at the Smithsonian Institution Building, or "Castle," on January 24, 1865, his time has been consumed by official duties, including dealing with the United States Congress to adjust and direct the affairs of the Institution. Henry goes on to discuss the deaths of Smithsonian Regents, and friends, General Joseph Gilbert Totten and Alexander Dallas Bache.

Subject

• Totten, Joseph Gilbert 1788-1864
• Bache, A. D (Alexander Dallas) 1806-1867
• Regents Smithsonian Institution
• United States Congress
• Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

The accompanying PDF contains SIA2012-3049 and SIA2012-3050, which are pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 11, pages 120-121 (Document 57).

Contained within

• Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7001, Box 4, Folder: 1
• Rothenberg, Marc, et al, eds., The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 11, The Smithsonian Years: January 1866-May 1878 (Smithsonian Institution in association with Science History Publications/USA, 2007), 120-121

Contact information

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

Date

March 23, 1867

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Fire of 1865
• Letters
• Secretaries
• Deaths
• Mathematics

Form/Genre

• Document
• Paper

ID Number

SIA2012-7638 and SIA2012-7639

Physical description

Number of Images: 2 ; Color: Color ; Size: 7.75w x 10.00 ; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper

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