Western Union Telegraph Expedition, Papers from William H. Dall to Robert Kennicott
date: label: Date Range
content: 1866
label: Start Date
content: 1866
label: End Date
content: 1866
notes: label: Abstract
content: These are papers that document preparations for the Western Union Telegraph Expedition from William H. Dall to Robert Kennicott including: copy of order from Charles S. Bulkley; order from Dall to Captain of steamer regarding specimen collections; Stores; directions for Collecting; Dall letter to scientific friends; copy of Spencer F. Baird telegram to Bulkley on Stimpson and the destruction of the Chicago Academy of Sciences; copy of Dall letter to George Walker, President of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, on the expedition; Dall letter to Kennicott; copy of Dall memorandum to G. H. Mumford, Director of Western Union Telegraph Expedition; list of supplies; copy of Dall letter on death of Kennicott.
place: label: Place
content: British Columbia
label: Place
content: Washington
label: Place
content: Canada
label: Place
content: United States
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content: William H. Dall Papers, circa 1839-1858, 1862-1927
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content: Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927
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content: Western Union Telegraph Expedition (1865-1867)
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content: Butler, James L.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU007073
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
label: Object Type
content: Reports
objectRights: label: Access Information
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physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: William H. Dall Papers, circa 1839-1858, 1862-1927
label: Physical Description
content: 1 report
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 18 Folder 6