00000nam#a2200000u##4500 originalinvoice00unit CaSfIA 20201225153515.0 m o d cr|||||||||||| 170626k18391840xx#||||go#####00||0|eng|| CaSfIA United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) Original Invoices and other official papers of the US Exploring Expedition eng 1839. 1 online resource 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. 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. SIA RU007186 Biodiversity Heritage Library Field Notes Project United States Exploring Expedition Collection, 1838-1885 Smithsonian Institution Archives United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) Crustacea Botany Mineralogy Geology Peru Tahiti New Zealand Fiji Tierra del Fuego Rio de Janeiro Patagonia Chile Field notes aat https://archive.org/details/originalinvoice00unit Free eBook from the Internet Archive originalinvoice00unit ark:/13960/t4wh8896d