Rufus P. Choate
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Date: c. 1845
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 5, Folder: 37
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.
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The old negative number is SA-393, but that negative has been lost.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 5, Folder: 37
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
c. 1845
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Massachusetts
2002-32231
Color: Black and White; Size: 8x10; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print