Letter and book concerning the Wilkes expedition [decimalized]

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[decimalized 00507.01-507.02]

GLC#
GLC00507
Type
Header Record
Date
1836
Title
Letter and book concerning the Wilkes expedition [decimalized]
Place Written
Various Places
Pagination
2 items
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson
Frontiers and Exploration
American Indian History
Geography and Natural History
Surveying
Science and Technology
Literature and Language Arts
Art, Music, Theater, and Film

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Collection Item
Letter signed

to President of the Geological Society of New Haven

August 31, 1836

Dickerson, Mahlon, 1770-1853

Indicates that preparations are being made for the Wilkes expedition, "an exploring & surveying Expedition for the Southern Ocean." Requests for advice on the "formation of a scientific Corps" and recommendations of suitable members. Needs men...

GLC00507.01
Collection Item
Book signed

Address on the subject of a surveying and exploring expedition to the Pacific Ocean and South Seas. Delivered in the Hall of Representatives on the evening of April 3, 1836

1836

Reynolds, Jeremiah N., 1799-1858

Published by Harper and Brothers. Inscribed "With the compliments" and signed by Reynolds. Also signed by Edward Sanford, possibly the book's owner. Concerns the Wilkes expedition, the first attempt to organize the nation behind an expedition to...

GLC00507.02