Letters to E. Meriam, 1857.

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Letters to E. Meriam, 1857.

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Two autographed letters signed, from Coast Survey Office, Washington, March 25 and August 27, 1857, from Louis François de Pourtalés to E. Meriam, of New York, requesting information about an earthquake off the California coast in August, 1856, and subsequently thanking Meriam for information received.

2 letters.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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United States coast survey

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Meriam, E.,

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Pourtales, Louis François de, 1823-1880

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Louis François de Pourtalés was an American naturalist and a student of Louis Agassiz. Pourtalés worked for the U.S. Coast Survey from 1848 to 1873. From the description of Letters to E. Meriam, 1857. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 311865315 ...