Author: Joseph BarrattPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Joseph Barratt and John Torrey Correspondence, 1827-1846
Author: Joseph BarrattJoseph Barratt and John Torrey Correspondence
Author: Joseph BarrattPublisher:
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Category : Botanical specimens
Languages : en
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Correspondence from Joseph Barratt to John Torrey, dated 1827-1846. Barratt's long letters-- frequently written over several days, often with page-length postscripts-- touch on a multitude of topics. His and Torrey's botanical activities are the most frequent focus, but Barratt also discusses chemistry, mineralogy, and theological issues. He discourses on the books he is reading or wishes to read; his health; his work on his herbarium and on "the Willows"; and the latest gossip about their mutual acquaintances (Thomas Nuttall, for example "is enveloped completely in feathers and neglects Botany now"). He offers frequent warm wishes toward Torrey's wife and their daughters, "the Misses Torrey." In his capacity as local physician he calls on Torrey to help him acquire a quantity of smallpox vaccine during a local outbreak; he reciprocates by visiting local paper mills to price out and place an order for herbarium paper for Torrey's Lyceum. Barratt also describes his numerous plant finds in detail, many from Selden's Cove near his home in Middletown, Connecticut. Obsolete and unresolved plant names mentioned include Arum dracontium, Carex ampullacea, Cimicifuga, Draba hispidula, Frasera verticellata, Geum strictum, Hydroglossum, Liatris squamosa, Monotropa languinosa, Monotropa procera, Nelumbium, Pinus canadensis, Poa aquatica, Populus angulata, Quercus tinctoria, Salix fragilis, Salix muehlenbergiana, Salix tristis, Tussilago palmata, Vilfa longifolia, Villarsia lacunosa, and Viola clandestina.
John Johnston and John Torrey Correspondence
Author: John JohnstonPublisher:
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Category : Chemical apparatus
Languages : en
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Correspondence from John Johnston to John Torrey, dated 1839-1857, primarily discussing chemistry, chemical experiments, and various chemical apparatus. Johnston also provides occasional news of mutual friends-- particularly Dr. Joseph Barratt-- and of Wesleyan University. Obsolete plant names mentioned include Orchis obtusata.
Joseph Holt and John Torrey Correspondence, 1857-1858
Author: Joseph HoltJoseph Drayton and John Torrey Correspondence, 1847-1850
Author: Joseph DraytonJoseph Burke and John Torrey Correspondence, 1853
Author: Joseph Drayton and John Torrey Correspondence
Author: Joseph DraytonPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Correspondence from Joseph Drayton to John Torrey, dated 1847 and 1850. Two brief notes, both written on behalf of William Brackenridge, regarding the work both Daryton and Brackenridge were doing on the report on the United States Exploring Expedition. In the first note, dated December 18, 1847, Drayton says Brackenridge needs some botanical reference books and asks Torrey to ship them to Philadelphia; in the second, dated July 22, 1850, he announces he will be bringing Torrey page proofs from Brackenridge and sample plates (presumably his own work) up from Philadelphia the following day by train.
Joseph Dalton Hooker and John Torrey Correspondence, 1866
Author: The Correspondence of Schweinitz and Torrey
Author: Lewis David von SchweinitzPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 104, no. 1, 1960)
Author: Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422371930
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Languages : en
Pages : 130
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