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[Circular letter announcing the establishment of Smithsonian Institution]

Sends a copy of the constitution and by-laws of the National Institution for the Promotion of Science (the Smithsonian). Requests information on geography, natural history, and ethnology from the unknown recipient's area of the United States....

GLC00573

to the Senate of the United States

Instructions for complying with the act of July 1, 1836 concerning a bequest made by James Smithson to the United States government. Asks Congress to attend to properly fulfilling the object of the bequest. Informs that last July the Secretary of...

GLC00198

Appointment of Benjamin J. French

Appoints French to the assisstant secretary and librarian position at the Smithsonian Institute. Signed by Joseph Henry (Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution) and the Regents of the Smithsonian saying they consent to the appointment.

GLC00435

to W. S. Derrick

Sends Smithsonian Institution public communications and requests they be forwarded through the State Department. Expresses thanks for the packages sent through the State Department to the Smithsonian.

GLC02480.11

to Dean Acheson re: Madame Tussaud's Waxworks likeness of him

Signed as President on White House stationery. (Accompanied by a typed copy of Acheson's reply with the Feb. 2 Truman memo reponding to his memo as .121). Quite humorous.

GLC02793.091

to Dean Acheson re: uncomplimentary wax statue at Mme Tussaud's museum

Goes with GLC 2793.091

GLC02793.120

to Alexander M. Ross [Fragment]

Does not want her father made into a wax sculpture by men in Chicago who are staging an exhibition about John Brown's raid. Only the last two pages remain. Place and recipient inferred from content.

GLC03007.52

to Benjamin B. French

Reports the results of a meeting with Secretary of War Stanton, "who...will return to the Trustees their own building now in control of the Surgeon General." Lincoln is referring to a Washington, D.C. school house that the War Department took...

GLC03878.01

to Dorothy Rooke

Writes to his sister, stating that he hopes an unspecified person (possibly Henry Rooke) has returned from America to England. Refers to battle between Generals William Howe and George Washington. Mentions confusing reports he has received...

GLC03881.03

to Guy Fenton

Written on mourning paper. He mentions a painting at the Louvre that shows the drowning of Marshal Poniatowski. He was moved when he saw Fenton's name on the cover of Country Life. He enjoys Victorian authors like Dickens.

GLC02766.042