BIB_ID
195473
Accession number
MA 12991
Creator
Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873.
Display Date
1838 July 12.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 25.5 cm
Notes
Postmark with seal; addressed: Professor Frazer / Care of Abner Allen / Long Branch / New Jersey [with "Walnut St. ... Philadelphia Pa." crossed-out in ink].
Provenance
Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Lamenting the undue deference shown by American scientists for the authority and opinions of the British scientific community; proposing that, as a corrective measure, an American society be formed "into which nobody should be elected, unless he had made some valuable original investigation" and describing in further detail his ideas regarding the organization, membership, and character of such a society; and requesting that Professor Frazer give him his sincere opinion of his outlined proposal.
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