Letter from Joseph Henry to George Marsh

Letter from Joseph Henry to George Marsh
Number of Pages: 
5
Date: 
August 1, 1849

Smithsonian Institution Secretary Joseph Henry writes to George P. Marsh, requesting favors before Marsh travels to the Ottoman Empire. One wish is that Marsh will write a letter "in favor of our friend Prof. [Spencer Fullerton] Baird [Class of 1840] as a suitable person should one be required to fill the post of naturalist to the Institution." Baird joined the Smithsonian a few months later, becoming its first curator and enacting its function as a museum.

Time Period: 
Location: 
I-AsbellY-2005-3
Origin: 
Gift of Yale Asbell