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A.A. Humphreys and John Torrey Correspondence, 1855
A.A. Humphreys and John Torrey Correspondence
Author: Andrew Atkinson Humphreys
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Correspondence from A.A. Humphreys to John Torrey, dated 1855, discussing practical issues related to the production of the first two volumes of the Pacific Railroad Survey reports, particularly accounting and the engraving of plates. The collection includes a letter from Humphreys to Captain John Pope, author of one of the reports.
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Correspondence from A.A. Humphreys to John Torrey, dated 1855, discussing practical issues related to the production of the first two volumes of the Pacific Railroad Survey reports, particularly accounting and the engraving of plates. The collection includes a letter from Humphreys to Captain John Pope, author of one of the reports.
Albert Hopkins and John Torrey Correspondence, 1838
John Torrey and Abraham Halsey Correspondence
Author: John Torrey
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Languages : en
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Correspondence from John Torrey to Abraham Halsey, dated 1834, discussing the illustrations Halsey has recently completed for Asa Gray; the genus Salix; and assorted news of friends and colleagues.
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Correspondence from John Torrey to Abraham Halsey, dated 1834, discussing the illustrations Halsey has recently completed for Asa Gray; the genus Salix; and assorted news of friends and colleagues.
A. Featherman and John Torrey Correspondence, 1870
John Torrey and Asa Gray Correspondence
Author: John Torrey
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Correspondence from John Torrey to Asa Gray, dated undated. Three small slips covered in notes on various species of Vaccinium.
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Correspondence from John Torrey to Asa Gray, dated undated. Three small slips covered in notes on various species of Vaccinium.
John A. Dix and John Torrey Correspondence, 1836
James Hall and John Torrey Correspondence, 1870
John Wright and John Torrey Correspondence, 1840-1841
John Torrey and Amos Eaton Correspondence
Author: John Torrey
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Correspondence from John Torrey to Amos Eaton, dated 1818, discussing the distribution of Eaton's books to booksellers; the difficulty of identifying a shipment of specimens Eaton recently sent ("You send me such poor specimens of your plants that if I did not know them well I should have never been able to determine them"); work on Eaton's Manual; and other botanical matters, as well as Torrey's recent graduation from medical school: "I have now got my sheepskin & have full powers granted me to kill & destroy in any part of the earth-- I expect soon to open an office in the City." The second document is titled "Remarks on Eaton's translations of Acharius," with notes on a number of lichen genera; it is undated, and may have originally been enclosed with the letter. Unresolved plant names mentioned include Smyrnium aureum.
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Correspondence from John Torrey to Amos Eaton, dated 1818, discussing the distribution of Eaton's books to booksellers; the difficulty of identifying a shipment of specimens Eaton recently sent ("You send me such poor specimens of your plants that if I did not know them well I should have never been able to determine them"); work on Eaton's Manual; and other botanical matters, as well as Torrey's recent graduation from medical school: "I have now got my sheepskin & have full powers granted me to kill & destroy in any part of the earth-- I expect soon to open an office in the City." The second document is titled "Remarks on Eaton's translations of Acharius," with notes on a number of lichen genera; it is undated, and may have originally been enclosed with the letter. Unresolved plant names mentioned include Smyrnium aureum.