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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02297.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | George Gordon Meade to Messrs. Bond & Lear discussing telescopes and other merchandise |
| Date | 6 April 1860 |
| Author | Meade, George Gordon (1815-1872) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Meade signs as Captain of Topographical Engineers. Discussing telescopes, writes: "I...am aware that in increasing the field, other things remaining the same, we lose power. I have no doubt the glass you are now having made will be satisfactory in all respects..." Requests chronometers, watches, and almanacs. Inquires as to the procurement of a "[Detorsion?] Bar" (for a portable declinometer) in London. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union General Science and Technology |
| People | Meade, George Gordon (1815-1872) |
| Place written | Detroit, Michigan |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Science, Technology, Invention |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Meade served as a General in the Civil War. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |