Western Union Telegraph Expedition - Report of Joseph Trimble Rothrock, March 30, 1865

In the early days of the Western Union’s Telegraph Expedition (1865-1867) to survey Russian America, the Bering Strait and Siberia, Science Corps member J. Trimble Rothrock sent this brief yet detailed report on the progress already made. Serving under Robert Kennicott, Rothrock had a hand in the scientific discoveries made and the new knowledge these discoveries made possible. What did the Science Corps uncover, and how did Rothrock capture it all in so few words? Join our @SITranscribeSI volunteers to transcribe this today! Read more about the Archives' collection of Western Union Telegraph Expedition (SIA Record Unit 007213) papers or browse the other Expedition papers that our volunpeers have already transcribed.