Original Invoices and other official papers of the US Exploring Expedition
date: label: Date Range
content: 1839-1840
label: Start Date
content: 1839
label: End Date
content: 1840
notes: label: Abstract
content: These includes the various original invoices and other official papers of the U. S. Exploring Expedition. Included are correspondence, specimen lists, and invoices. There are varying amounts of information given in the correspondence relating to the shipments of specimens. They generally describe contents, main type of element collected, sometimes information about the collector. Lists sometimes give collecting location and description. Correspondence also relates lists of sketches that were sent back, including descriptions. Materials include official letters to Capt. Wilkes, 1839 - 1840, mostly transmitting shipping lists of specimens, and some loose sheets from the purser's account book, 1838; original invoices of shells, 1839 - 1840; original invoices of miscellaneous specimens, 1839 - 1841; original invoices and catalogue of geological and mineralogical specimens, 1839 - 1840. There are several references to Orange Harbour.
place: label: Place
content: Peru
label: Place
content: Tahiti
label: Place
content: New Zealand
label: Place
content: Fiji
label: Place
content: Tierra del Fuego
label: Place
content: Rio de Janeiro
label: Place
content: Patagonia
label: Place
content: Chile
topic: label: Topic
content: Crustacea
label: Topic
content: Botany
label: Topic
content: Mineralogy
label: Topic
content: Geology
setName: label: See more records from this collection
content: United States Exploring Expedition Collection, 1838-1885
label: See more records associated with this person
content: United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
label: See more records associated with this expedition
content: United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
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content: Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU007186
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
objectRights: label: Access Information
content: Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu.
physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: United States Exploring Expedition Collection, 1838-1885
label: Physical Description
content: 1 field book
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 3 Folder 6