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Collection Reference Number GLC02475.09
From Archive Folder Documents concerning American explorers, adventurers and naturalists 
Title Stephen Long to Richard Harlan thanking Harlan for a present and mentioning survey instructions
Date 31 March 1837
Author Long, Stephen H. (1784-1864)  
Recipient Harlan, Richard  
Document Type Correspondence; Land transaction document
Content Description Thanks Dr. Harlan for the present he sent to Mrs. Long. Mentions receiving instruction for surveys of Maine and Massachusetts, which he will engage when the weather improves and the winter cold abates. Mentions sending a box of presents.
Subjects Gift  Science and Technology  Women's History  Surveying  Land Transaction  
People Long, Stephen Harriman (1784-1864)  Harlan, Richard (1796-1843)  
Place written Hopkinton, New Hampshire
Theme Women in American History; Science, Technology, Invention
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Long was an explorer and surveyor. Harlan, a natural historian, was a pioneer in the study of comparative anatomy and vertebrate paleontology in the United States.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859