The Papers of Joseph Henry: January 1836-December 1837, The Princeton Years

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Summary

Work consists of documents relative to the life of Joseph Henry (1797-1878), first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, covering the years from 1836 to December 1837. The volume includes letters relating to lectures given, winter life in Princeton, visits to Albany, Philadelphia, and Europe, and his views on slavery and race. Appendix is comprised of bills for philosophical apparatus.

Subject

  • Henry, Joseph 1797-1878
  • College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)
  • Princeton University

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Notes

Includes photographs, notes on style and appendices. Work is extensively footnoted.

Contained within

(Book)

Contact information

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

Date

1979

Topic

  • Slavery
  • Description and travel
  • Telegraph
  • Letters
  • Secretaries
  • Science
  • Experiments
  • Physics
  • Electric apparatus and appliances
  • Electricity
  • Lectures and lecturing
  • Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Scientists
  • Science--Experiments
  • African Americans
  • Physics--Experiments
  • Travel

Place

United States

Edition

Volume 3

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