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George Engelmann and John Torrey correspondence, 1841-1862

by: Engelmann, George,1809-1884

Publication date: 1884

Topics: Botanical specimens, Cyperaceae, Plants, Engelmann, George, 1809-1884, Le Roy, Peter Vincent, 1821-1889, Torrey, John, 1796-1873, Bigelow, John M. (John Milton), 1804-1878, Boissier, Edmond, 1810-1885, Buckley, S. B. (Samuel Botsford), 1809-1884, Darlington, William, 1782-1863, Decaisne, Joseph, 1807-1882, Durand, Elias, 1794-1873, Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887, Engelmann, Henry, 1831-1899, Fendler, August, 1813-1883, Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890, Gambel, William, 1823-1849, Geyer, Karl Andreas, 1809-1853, Gray, Asa, 1810-1888, Gregg, Josiah, 1806-1850, Halsted, M. B. (Mina B.), -1860, Harvey, William H. (William Henry), 1811-1866, Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887, Lindheimer, Ferdinand, 1802-1879, Nicollet, J. N. (Joseph Nicolas), 1786-1843, Parry, C. C. (Charles Christopher), 1823-1890, Prestele, Joseph, 1796-1867, Salm-Reifferscheidt, Joseph, Graf zu, 1773-1861, Scheer, Frederick, Thurber, George, 1821-1890, Wislizenus, F. A. (Frederick Adolph), 1810-1889, United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842), Wiley & Putnam

Collection: nybgtorrey; biodiversity; NY_Botanical_Garden

Contributor: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library

Language: English

John Torrey Papers (PP), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden

Correspondence from George Engelmann to John Torrey, dated 1841-1862. The first letter in the collection, dated January 22, 1844, is actually a short note addressed to Peter V. Le Roy, directing him to a set of exsiccatae being sold by Wiley & Putnam. The balance of the correspondence is addressed to John Torrey: Engelmann keeps Torrey abreast of the comings and goings of botanists exploring and collecting throughout the western frontier, travelling with the Railroad and Boundary Expeditions, the U.S. military, and independently. He peppers him with questions regarding a wide range of plants, particularly Asclepias, Euphorbia, and the Cactaceae. In later years he relates the events of a long trip to Europe. Obsolete plant names mentioned include Acerates, Acerates longifolia, Cactus, Echinocactus whipplei, Enslenia, Mammillaria simplex, Metastelma, Nelumbium, Roulinia, Sarcostemma, and Vesicaria

Digitized under grant #PW-234827-16 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

Finding aid for the John Torrey papers available from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, New York Botanical Garden and online

Abstract: Correspondence from George Engelmann to John Torrey, dated 1841-1862. The first letter in the collection, dated January 22, 1844, is actually a short note addressed to Peter V. Le Roy, directing him to a set of exsiccatae being sold by Wiley & Putnam. The balance of the correspondence is addressed to John Torrey: Engelmann keeps Torrey abreast of the comings and goings of botanists exploring and collecting throughout the western frontier, travelling with the Railroad and Boundary Expeditions, the U.S. military, and independently. He peppers him with questions regarding a wide range of plants, particularly Asclepias, Euphorbia, and the Cactaceae. In later years he relates the events of a long trip to Europe. Obsolete plant names mentioned include Acerates, Acerates longifolia, Cactus, Echinocactus whipplei, Enslenia, Mammillaria simplex, Metastelma, Nelumbium, Roulinia, Sarcostemma, and Vesicaria.