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Thomas Dunlap and John Torrey Correspondence, 1841
Author: Thomas Dunlap and John Torrey Correspondence
Author: Thomas Dunlap (Nurseryman)Publisher:
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Category : Plants
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Correspondence from Thomas Dunlap to John Torrey, dated August 13, 1841. Dunlap thanks Torrey for a book he recently sent him, an offers to show him where the Taxus canadensis may be found growing on Manhattan Island. He also offers to take a train trip with Torrey to Ramapo, New Jersey, where "I am inclined to think you would find sufficient to remumerate you for your trouble."
Thomas Nuttall and John Torrey Correspondence, 1820-1838
Author: Thomas NuttallThomas G. Lea and John Torrey Correspondence, 1839
Author: Thomas Russell Ingalls and John Torrey Correspondence
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Category : Aquatic plants
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Correspondence from Thomas Russell Ingalls to John Torrey, dated 1834. Ingalls tells Torrey in his first letter, "Cut off as I am from society of kindred pursuits a letter from a Botanist is to me like a fountain of water in a parched land." He goes on to say that he has just been appointed professor of chemistry at the local medical college and asks Torrey to help him obtain the necessary equipment for his classes in New York, as such equipment is not available in New Orleans. In turn he furnishes Torrey with plant, mineral, and shell specimens, and described collecting trips to wetlands in Louisiana. Ingalls' third letter, postmarked November 13, includes a two-page wish list of chemical apparatus. His fourth letter includes another, shorter wish-list of books and supplies. Obsolete and unresolved plant and animal names cited include Andropogon nutans, Cyprea fuscodentata, Nelumbium codophyllum, and Uniola pubescens.
Thomas Russell Ingalls and John Torrey Correspondence, 1834
Author: Thomas Antisell and John Torrey Correspondence
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Category : Agaves
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Correspondence from Thomas Antisell to John Torrey, dated from 1853-1861. Earlier letters make frequent mention of the progress being made on volume 7 of the Pacific Railroad survey to which he and Torrey both contributed, as well as chemical experiments and the activities of other chemists and geologists of mutual acquaintance such as A.A. Hayes, G.C. Schaeffer, and C.F. Jackson. Antisell frequently voices his dissatisfaction with his government posts at the War Department and the Patent Office, and his attempts to find other employment and supplemental work lecturing at various medical colleges. Several letters are undated.
Thomas Antisell and John Torrey Correspondence, 1853-1861
Author: Thomas AntisellThomas Arnold Greene and John Torrey Correspondence, 1827-1832
Author: Thomas Arnold GreeneJohn Torrey and Robert Benner Correspondence
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Category : Catskill Mountains (N.Y.)
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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.