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Caleb Green and John Torrey Correspondence, 1853
Author: Caleb Green and John Torrey Correspondence
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Correspondence from Caleb Green to John Torrey, dated March 29, 1853. Letter accompanying "a specimen of a substance which fell with the rain here" in his hometown of Homer, New York. Green described the meteorological conditions that accompanied the storm, and outlines some of the possible indentifications: sulphur, pollen, insect larva. He asks Torrey to help him identify the "substance."
Jacob Green and John Torrey Correspondence, 1832
Author: Jacob Green and John Torrey Correspondence
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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.
John Torrey and Asa Gray Correspondence
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Correspondence from John Torrey to Asa Gray, dated undated. Three small slips covered in notes on various species of Vaccinium.
B.D. Greene and John Torrey Correspondence, 1829-1844
Author: Benjamin Daniel GreeneJohn Torrey and Abraham Halsey Correspondence
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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.
J.H. Lundgren and John Torrey Correspondence, 1852
Author: John Torrey and John Carey Correspondence
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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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