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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891

Title: Correspondence, 1865-1891

This record unit consists of outgoing correspondence from the Office of the Secretary during the tenures of Joseph, Henry, 1846-1878; Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1878-1887; and Samuel Pierpoint Langley, 1887-1906.

ArchivalResource: 46.06 cu. ft. (62 document boxes) (68 3x5 boxes) (243 microfilm reels)

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Forrest, Lillian. Lillian Forrest papers, [183-]-1940.

Title: Lillian Forrest papers, [183-]-1940.

Papers relating to Jewell County, Kan., places and residents. Included is information about John H. Schaeffer, conductor for the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad and former child orphan; Star Methodist Episcopal Sunday School records (the church was 5 miles south of Jewell, Kan.); correspondence relating to the family of the Rev. David Earhart, Amelia Earhart's grandfather & a pioneer Lutheran pastor at Atchison, Kan., ca. 1870-1890; information on Thomas Lovewell, pioneer & 1st settler of White Rock, Kan. (1866); miscellaneous biographies, obituaries, & papers / written by Lillian Forrest; a Civil War discharge paper for James J. Stewart, 1865; an 1862 discharge & pension papers of Joseph C. Osborn and related biographies, a survivors' pension document for service in the War of 1812 for Thomas Jenkins; letters from John Hoffer, the 1st postmaster at Jewell; and a letter about Robert Gates.

ArchivalResource: 0.4 ft. (12 folders in 1 box)

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Weather Bureau

Title: Weather Bureau

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Princeton University Library, Dept. Of Rare Books & Mss., Ms. [Contact repository for more information].

Title: Princeton University Library, Dept. Of Rare Books & Mss., Ms. [Contact repository for more information].

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Jenkins-Motherall family papers, 1816-1895.

Title: Jenkins-Motherall family papers, 1816-1895.

Consists of the following records from Wilson County, Tennessee: receipts related to the disposition of the estate of Thomas Jenkins, 1895; marriage license and bond, Nathan Cartmell and Sally Motherall, 1816; deed between Samuel Motheral and the elders of the New Hope Society of the Cumberland Presbytery, 1834.

ArchivalResource: 27 items.

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Royal Institution (Great Britain). John Tyndall Papers.

Title: Royal Institution (Great Britain). John Tyndall Papers.

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Letter book, 1782-1785.

Title: Letter book, 1782-1785.

Jenkins' copies of his outgoing letters concerning shipping and purchase of goods, education of his son, financial transactions, property, business conditions, and other matters.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Child, William, b. 1834. Jenkins, Thomas.

Title: Jenkins, Thomas.

ArchivalResource: pt. 2, p. 97 ; 24 cm.

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Smithsonian Archives. Ru 60: Meteorological Project, 1849 1875.

Title: Smithsonian Archives. Ru 60: Meteorological Project, 1849 1875.

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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879

Title: SIA RU000026, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Correspondence, 1863-1879

This series consists mostly of correspondence addressed to Joseph Henry, much of which received his personal attention; also included are some copies of Henry letters, occasional returned original Henry letters, and a considerable number of letters to Spencer Fullerton Baird.

ArchivalResource: 59.56 cubic feet

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