Letter From James Smithson to Sir Joseph Banks, from Hamburg, September 18, 1808, as a Prisoner of War

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Summary

Reprint of James Smithson's letter to Sir Joseph Banks while a prisoner of war during the ????war.

Subject

  • Banks, Joseph Sir 1743-1820
  • Smithson, James 1765-1829

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Citation information

Banksiana Series

Notes

A copy is located in Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7000, The James Smithson Collection, Box ??, Folder ??.

Contained within

The White Knight Chapbooks (Book)

Contact information

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

Date

1943

Topic

  • Wartime Activities
  • Letters

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