Original Invoices and other official papers of the US Exploring Expedition

Related Titles

Contained In: United States Exploring Expedition Collection, 1838-1885

Series: Biodiversity Heritage Library Field Notes Project

Series: SIA RU007186

By

United States Exploring Expedition 1838-1842

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1839-1840

Notes

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.

Subjects

Botany , Chile , Crustacea , Field notes , Fiji , Geology , Mineralogy , New Zealand , Patagonia , Peru , Rio de Janeiro , Tahiti , Tierra del Fuego , United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)

BHL Collections

BHL Field Notes Project

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.133558
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51407984