Papers of Alexander Dallas Bache, 1827-1867.

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Papers of Alexander Dallas Bache, 1827-1867.

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Chiefly letters addressed to Bache relating to Girard College, ncluding Bache's presidency and his tour of Britain and the Continent preparatory to formulating a plan for this institution; the United States Coast Survey, chiefly concerning the personnel; Bache's scientific interests, particularly in the field of terrestrial magnetism; establishment of scientific institutions and departments of science, interest in and support of expeditions, including Commodore Perry's 1853 expedition to Japan, Elisha Kent Kane's expedition to northwestern Greenland (1853-1855), and Arctic expeditions of Isaac Israel Hayes; correspondence with American and European colleagues. Also included is the correspondence relating to the Civil War includes items pertaining to the Coast Survey and the Sanitary Commission, and comprises reports of events from former associates, including letters from Isaac Ingalls Stevens, highly critical of Union generalship.

1896 pieces.24 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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