Agriculture Stops Free Postage for Observers

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Summary

Henry reports that Judge Watts, Commissioner of the Dept. of Agriculture, discontinued the practice of furnishing postage free of charge for reports of Smithsonian meteorological observers and publishing monthly summaries of their observations. This ended a significant source of support for the Institution's meteorological project.

Subject

United States Dept. of Agriculture

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1871, p. 105
  • Fleming, James Rodger. Meteorology in America, 1800-1870. Baltimore & London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990., p. 161

Contact information

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

Date

April 3, 1872

Topic

  • Finance
  • Interagency Relations
  • Meteorology

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