Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. .8 linear foot (3 boxes).

Summary

1. Collection consists of correspondence chiefly relating to Hassler's position as instructor at the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., and to his service with the United States Coast Survey.

Subject

1. Military education > United States
2. United States Military Academy Faculty
3. Geodesists
4. Coasts > United States
5. United States Coast Survey
6. Geodesy > United States
7. United States > Surveys
8. Hassler, F. R (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843

Call number

1. MssCol 1348

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Additional formats (note)

1. available on microfilm;

Source (note)

1. Ford Collection

Biography (note)

1. Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler (1770-1843), Swiss-born, American geodesist and mathematician, was superintendent of the United States Coast Survey.

Language (note)

1. in French and German.

Processing action (note)

1. Surveyed
2. Cataloging updated

Author

1. Hassler, F. R. (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843.

Title

1. F.R. Hassler correspondence, 1804-1847.

Additional formats

1. Joseph G. Swift letters available on microfilm; New York Public Library. *ZZ-24552

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler (1770-1843), Swiss-born, American geodesist and mathematician, was superintendent of the United States Coast Survey.

Language

1. Some letters in French and German.

Occupation

1. Geodesists.

LCCN

1. ms 71001221

Research call number

1. MssCol 1348