Special Desiderata Circular Issued by Baird
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PrintAssistant Secretary Spencer F. Baird issues a circular requesting the help of officers of the Army and Navy and friends of science in general to collect specimens of little known animals and plants from west of the Mississippi and Gulf of Mexico. He includes instructions for preservation of the specimens, as well as a copy of the instructions from the Quartermaster General's Office, authorizing free transport of specimens.
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Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Spring, 1851