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Scrapbook, 1865-1867, includes newspaper clippings, Western Union Telegraph Company expedition to Russian-America, progress reports and financial statements, and correspondence between Dall and Western Union Company representatives, friends and colleagues. Material includes the following:

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Note
Newspaper clippings regarding California Academy of Natural Sciences meetings, Mining and Scientific Press, 1866; Robert Edward Carter Stearns remarks on the death of Robert Kennicott, 10/15/1866; Kennicott's appointment of Dall to direct Scientific operations while absent, 7/13/1865; Letter appointing Dall acting surgeon of the flagship, 8/9/1865; Spencer F. Baird to Dall, regarding scientific matters, specimen collections, and Kennicott's troubles, 1866, 1/7/1866; Dall to Robert C. Walker, regarding the expedition's scientific projects, 6/8/1866; Dall to G. H. Mumford, Director of the Western Union Telegraph Company, on the operations of the expedition, 7/1/1866.
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William Healey Dall Papers
William Healey Dall Papers / Series 2: SCRAPBOOKS, 1839, 1843, 1853, 1855-1856, 1858, 1865-1872, 1865-1867. / Box 2
Container
Box 2 of 56
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Type
Archival materials
Collection Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7073, William Healey Dall Papers
SIA.FARU7073_refIDd1e569
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Record Unit 7073
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