Letter : Washington, D.C., to Mr. Charles Lanman : ALS, 1846 February 16.

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Letter : Washington, D.C., to Mr. Charles Lanman : ALS, 1846 February 16.

Congressman Marsh (Representative from Vermont), responds to a request from Lanman, an artist, regarding western travel. Marsh recommends that Lanman accompany an emigration or hunting party or join an exploring expedition. He further suggests he try to join Captain Fremont's next tour.

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Marsh, George P. (George Perkins), 1801-1882

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George Perkins Marsh was born in Woodstock, Vermont, educated at Dartmouth, and taught Greek and Latin in a local academy, then studied and practiced law. He was elected to the Vermont legislature, then to Congress in 1843, where he actively supported the Library of Congress and the establishment of the Smithsonian Institution. He was appointed Minister to Italy, 1861-1862. He was an active lecturer, and his book Man and Nature (1864) earns him credit today as the first environmentalist...

Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890

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Lanman, Charles, 1819-1895

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Charles Lanman, writer, journalist and amateur painter, was born in Monroe, Michigan, June 15, 1819. He spent much of his career working as a journalist in Monroe and Cincinnati, Ohio. He moved to Washington DC in 1848 and worked as a librarian in various branches of government, including the War Department, the Copyrights Division of the Department of State, the executive library of President Fillmore, and the Interior Department. He wrote several books in his career on topics of travel and wil...