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Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 to William Claflin

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01417 Author/Creator: Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 Place Written: Cambridge, Massachusetts Type: Letter signed Date: July 18, 1871 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 18 cm, Width: 23.5 cm Order a Copy

Agassiz explains that the United States Coast Survey is attempting to "make us acquainted with the bottom of the Ocean, as thoroughly as we already are with the surface of the Earth." He requests a contribution of $20,000 from Massachusetts Governor Claflin to finance the preservation, for scientific purposes, of specimens discovered in the course of the surveys dredging, and fishing along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873
Claflin, William, 1818-1905

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