Lewis H. Steiner's Letter to Edward Foreman (June 3, 1852)

ID: SIA2012-3217

Creator: Joseph Henry Papers Project

Form/Genre: Document

Date: June 3, 1852

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 60, Box 1, Folder: Meteorological Project Vol. 6 pp 51-75

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Summary

Letter from Lewis H. Steiner, a physician and librarian of Frederick, Maryland, to Edward Foreman, a clerk at the Smithsonian Institution, June 3, 1852. In the letter, Steiner regrets that he cannot share his experience of the earthquake on April 29, 1852, in Maryland, because he was not able to feel it in Frederick. Steiner writes that he send Foreman's questions about the earthquake to a friend who felt it in Jefferson, Maryland.

Subject

Foreman, Edward

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 60, Box 1, Folder: Meteorological Project Vol. 6 pp 51-75

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

June 3, 1852

Restrictions & Rights

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Topic

  • Earthquakes
  • Physicians
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Clerks
  • Employees
  • Librarians
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Place

  • Maryland
  • Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

  • Document
  • Paper

ID Number

SIA2012-3217

Physical description

Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Color ; Size: 7 1/2w x 10h ; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper

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