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Benjamin Silliman and John Torrey correspondence, 1819-1848

by: Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864

Publication date: 1819

Topics: Barium sulfate, Chemistry, Datolite, Minerals, Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 -- Correspondence, Torrey, John, 1796-1873 -- Correspondence, Bailey, Jacob Whitman, 1811-1857, Berzelius, Jöns Jakob, friherre, 1779-1848, Bray, François-Gabriel, comte de, 1765-1832, Carey, John, 1797-1880, Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839, Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895, Delafield, Joseph, 1790-1875, Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852, Engelmann, George, 1809-1884, Gale, Leonard D. (Leonard Dunnell), 1800-1883, Glynn, James, 1801-1871, Gray, Asa, 1810-1888, Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878, Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865, Langstaff, W. (William), Dr., active 1811-1822, Martius, Karl Friedrich Philipp von, 1794-1868, Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859, Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel), 1783-1840, Tuckerman, Edward, 1817-1886, G. & W. Endicott (Firm), Lyceum of Natural History (New York, N.Y.)

Collection: nybgtorrey; biodiversity; NY_Botanical_Garden

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

Language: English

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Correspondence from Benjamin Silliman to John Torrey, dated 1819-1848, primarily discussing issues related to the production of Silliman's American Journal of Science and Arts. Through the years Silliman's letters also frequently touch on chemistry and mineralogy, and the activities of mutual friends and acquaintances. He makes frequent references people not readily identified, such as "Dr. Me.," "Mr. Camman and his ores" (possibly Albert Cammann), "Mr. Barnes" (possibly D.H. Barnes), "Dr. Smith," "Mr. Bowen," "Lane" (possibly Ephraim Lane), "Dr. Johnson," "Mr. Wyatt," and "Dr. McMurtine."

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

Digitized under grant #PW-234827-16 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), with additional support from Carnegie Corporation of New York

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

Abstract: Correspondence from Benjamin Silliman to John Torrey, dated 1819-1848, primarily discussing issues related to the production of Silliman's American Journal of Science and Arts. Through the years Silliman's letters also frequently touch on chemistry and mineralogy, and the activities of mutual friends and acquaintances. He makes frequent references people not readily identified, such as 'Dr. Me.,' 'Mr. Camman and his ores' (possibly Albert Cammann), 'Mr. Barnes' (possibly D.H. Barnes), 'Dr. Smith,' 'Mr. Bowen,' 'Lane' (possibly Ephraim Lane), 'Dr. Johnson,' 'Mr. Wyatt,' and 'Dr. McMurtine.'