Libraries Seized During War Held at SI
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PrintSecretary of War Edwin Stanton directs the Smithsonian Institution to inventory and store the books, maps, etc., seized by United States forces in South Carolina and the books and papers of Bishop John Johns of Alexandria. Note: These libraries will be destroyed in the fire in the Smithsonian Institution Building in January 1865.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1862. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1863, p. 80.
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
January 26-29, 1863