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A.B. Gray and John Torrey correspondence, 1856

by: Gray, A. B.(Andrew Belcher),1820-1862

Publication date: 1856

Topics: Correspondence, Gray, A. B. (Andrew Belcher), 1820-1862, Torrey, John, 1796-1873, Herbert, Philemon T. (Philemon Thomas), 1825-1864, United States Pacific Railroad Expeditions and Surveys, Willard Hotel (Washington, D.C.)

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 A.B. Gray to John Torrey, dated 1856, discussing a sketch of an Ammobroma (now Pholisma) which was last in the hands of California Congressman Philemon T. Herbert, but has gone missing after an incident in which Herbert murdered a hotel waiter. Gray write that he will visit Congress soon and plans to inquire as to its whereabouts

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 A.B. Gray to John Torrey, dated 1856, discussing a sketch of an Ammobroma (now Pholisma) which was last in the hands of California Congressman Philemon T. Herbert, but has gone missing after an incident in which Herbert murdered a hotel waiter. Gray write that he will visit Congress soon and plans to inquire as to its whereabouts.