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Summary

The United States Congress appropriates $3,000 to begin preparation of a catalogue of its library on the Smithsonian plan proposed by Charles C. Jewett.

Subject

  • Jewett, Charles C (Charles Coffin) 1816-1868
  • Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL)
  • United States Congress

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Goode, George Brown, ed. The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896, The History of Its First Half Century. Washington, D.C.: De Vinne Press, 1897., p. 835
  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1853, p. 24-25

Contact information

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

Date

March 3, 1853

Topic

  • Assistant Secretaries
  • Finance
  • Libraries

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