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Joseph Prestele and John Torrey Correspondence, 1845-1858
Author: Joseph PresteleJoseph Prestele and John Torrey Correspondence
Author: Joseph PrestelePublisher:
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Category : Botanical specimens
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Correspondence from Joseph Prestele to John Torrey, dated 1845-1858. Includes 17 letters (1 in German) and 5 undated botanical plates. In his first letter, dated April 7, 1845, Prestele apologizes for his lack of English (the English text is accompanied by the original German letter in Prestele's hand) and asks Torrey's advice on how he should price his artwork. This is a recurring theme throughout the correspondence; Prestele's innate modesty seems to lead him to undercharge clients. A letter dated September 16, 1851, has a note in Torrey's hand: "I have told him that $5 is too little, & that $15 should be charged." The bulk of the correspondence is taken up with issues surrounding the work Prestele did for various expedition reports, particularly for the Pacific Railroad Surveys and Stansbury's Utah expedition. Obsolete and unresolved plant names mentioned include Abronia cycloptera, Eriogonum orthocladon, Linosyris pulchella, Obione lentiformis, Perityle suffruticosa, Pinus insignis, and Poterium annuum.
Joseph Holt and John Torrey Correspondence, 1857-1858
Author: Joseph HoltJoseph Drayton and John Torrey Correspondence, 1847-1850
Author: Joseph DraytonJoseph Drayton and John Torrey Correspondence
Author: Joseph DraytonPublisher:
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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 Decaisne and John Torrey Correspondence, 1842-1868
Author: Joseph DecaisneJ.N. Nicollet and John Torrey Correspondence, 1841-1843
Author: Joseph Nicolas NicolletJoseph Dalton Hooker and John Torrey Correspondence, 1866
Author: J.C. Ives and John Torrey Correspondence
Author: J. C. IvesPublisher:
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Category : Botanical specimens
Languages : en
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Correspondence from J.C. (Joseph Christmas) Ives to John Torrey, dated 1857, discussing a few details of the publication of the Pacific Railroad Survey Reports.
Joseph Dalton Hooker and John Torrey Correspondence
Author: Joseph Dalton HookerPublisher:
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Category : Carte de visite photographs
Languages : en
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Correspondence from Joseph Dalton Hooker to John Torrey, dated March 1, 1866, written on mourning stationary. Hooker informs Torrey that, in a recent letter from Asa Gray, he has received "a very nice photograph of yourself in which I can trace the lineaments of a very old & kind friend, with a very thoughtful face..." He tells him that he has asked Francis Boott's widow to forward Torrey a carte de visite of Boott, and adds that he is also enclosing photographs of his father-- who died the precious year-- and himself, with the letter. In closing he adds that his mother and sister are doing "remarkably well" and spending the winter in Torquay.