Author: Jacob Wolle Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Correspondence from Christian Jacob Wolle to John Torrey, dated 1838, discussing the prospectus for Torrey's North American flora. Wolle submits two subscriptions-- one for himself and one for his friend Dr. John G. Huebeuer-- and promises to try to recruit more.
Author: Jacob Porter Publisher: ISBN: Category : Botanical specimens Languages : en Pages :
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Correspondence from Jacob Porter to John Torrey, dated 1832-1834, discussing the materials-- publications and specimens-- travelling between himself and Torrey, and a species of moss he's particularly interested in.
Author: Jacob Green Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Correspondence from Jacob Green to John Torrey, dated 1832, discussing Torrey's upcoming visit to Europe. In responce to Torrey's offer to buy Green "any little philosophical toy" or chemical apparatus he might desire while he's there, Green instructs him to purchase anything "of the sort which you think worth purchasing for your self," up to $50 dollars. He suggests that Torrey become acquainted with John E. Gray of the British Museum while in London.
Author: John Torrey Publisher: ISBN: Category : Catskill Mountains (N.Y.) Languages : en Pages :
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Correspondence from John Torrey to Robert Benner, dated July 22, 1841, discussing arrangements for a plant collecting trip to the Catskills in early August. Torrey discusses the possibiity that Jacob Whitman Bailey might join them, and inquires as to whether his daughter might also come. The trip would furnish specimens for Torrey's ongoing work on North American flora, as well as introduce Benner to his future wife, Torrey's niece, who along with Margaret Torrey accompanied the men on the trip. The letter is accompanied by two letters outlining its provenance as a gift from Raymond H. Torrey, who acquired it from Benner's son.
Author: Randolph Barnes Marcy Publisher: ISBN: Category : Botanical specimens Languages : en Pages :
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Correspondence from Randolph B. Marcy to John Torrey, dated October 6, 1852, discussing the botanical specimens gathered on his recent Red River expedition, and proposing that Torrey is the botanist to analyze them.
Author: John Samples Publisher: ISBN: Category : Botanical specimens Languages : en Pages :
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Correspondence from John Samples to John Torrey, dated July 1, 1839, introducing his young friend "Mr. Mason," and describing a few of his recent plant finds in Ohio.
Author: John Torrey Publisher: ISBN: Category : Botanical specimens Languages : en Pages :
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Correspondence from John Torrey to John Carey, undated. A short, ebullient note congratulating Carey on a particularly tricky plant identification: "The little thing is so unike most of the order to which it belongs that I don't wonder you were puzzled with it." In celebration, Torrey writes, "I send you a queer little affair of Rafinesque's to read this evening."
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