Charles Stewart Todd correspondence, 1851 August 29.

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Charles Stewart Todd correspondence, 1851 August 29.

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ALS written by Todd to Joseph Henry, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, stating his intention to donate to the institution a copy of Ivan Fedorovich Kruzenshtern's Voyage autour du monde, fait dans les années 1803, 1804, 1805 et 1806, 1821. Admiral Kruzenshtern gave the copy to Todd during the latter's diplomatic tenure in Russia.

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Kruzenshtern, Ivan Fedorovich, 1770-1846

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Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878

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