Rufus P. Choate

ID: 2002-32231

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: c. 1845

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 5, Folder: 37

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Summary

Rufus Choate (1799-1859), United States Congressman from Massachusetts 1831- 1834; United States Senator from Massachusetts 1841-1845; appointed Smithsonian Regent from 1846-1855, citizen of Massachusetts, advocate of using the Smithson Bequest for a library. Choate resigned from the Board of Regents in 1855 in a dispute with Smithsonian Secretary Joseph Henry over the amount of funds allocated to the library and the firing of Librarian Charles C. Jewett.

Subject

  • Choate, Rufus, 1799-1859
  • Board of Regents

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

The old negative number is SA-393, but that negative has been lost.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 5, Folder: 37

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1845

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Smithson Bequest
  • Portraits
  • Libraries
  • Regents

Place

Massachusetts

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Portraits

ID Number

2002-32231

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8x10; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print

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