1870 John Ericsson U.S.S. Monitor Builder Autograph Letter Signed

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1870 John Ericsson U.S.S. Monitor Builder Autograph Letter Signed:
$1885.00

April 14, 1870-Dated Autograph Letter Signed, "J. Ericsson", at New York City, 1 page, measuring 7-7/8" x 9-7/8", with normal transmittal folds, Very Fine. Letter written to Professor Joseph Henry (1797-1878) at Washington.
Prof. Henry was the noted Scientist and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1846-1878), also the President of the National Academy of Sciences (1868-1878). This excellent content Letter in which John Ericsson arranges for Prof. Joseph Henry's upcoming critical visit with him in New York with the receiving Blue Oval Handstamp of the Smithsonian Institution at top left. Ericsson’s intention being: "to have the most important instruments mounted on the revolving table when you call." This Letter is fully written by Ericsson’s hand and reads, in full:
"New York, April 14, 1870. --- My Dear Sir,
I most reluctantly trouble you, yet I am compelled to beg that you will drop a line stating what time, about, you propose to visit New York. The fact is that my revolving table in order to accommodate certain experiments, is sometimes stripped of instruments, and at other times entirely removed to give room for the engines. --- Please pardon my giving you this trouble, my excuse being an anxiety to have the most important instruments mounted on the revolving table when you call. -- Yours truly, -- (Signed) J. Ericsson".
Nicely signed in fine handwritten clear brown ink “J. Ericsson” with a flourish below measuring about a large 3 inches long. Also with Smithsonian Docket on the blank reverse reading: “J. Ericsson Eqr / Apr. 14. “70”.
JOHN ERICSSON (1803-1889). Swedish-American Inventor, chiefly remembered for designing and building the U.S.S. Monitor, during the Civil War, the first armored Ironclad Warship equipped with a revolving turret, which battled the CSS Virginia at Hampton Roads in 1862.
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