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Charles T. Whippo and John Torrey correspondence, 1823

by: Whippo, Charles T

Publication date: 1823

Topics: Botanical specimens, Plants, Whippo, Charles T. -- Correspondence, Torrey, John, 1796-1873 -- Correspondence, Plants -- New York (State) -- Orleans County

Collection: nybgtorrey; biodiversity; NY_Botanical_Garden

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

Language: English

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Correspondence from Charles T. Whippo to John Torrey, dated June 22 and July 28, 1823. Whippo write from western New York, where he is working on the Erie Canal. Both letters accompany plant specimens gathered on the shores of Lake Ontario, and Whippo offers to send more if Torrey wants. He also offers to circulate Torrey's prospectus-- probably for the "Flora of the northern and middle states"-- among his "botanical friends" in the area. Obsolete and unresolved plant names mentioned include Convolvulus sepium, Lemna polyrrhiza, Melampyrum americanum, Potamogeton fluitans, and Scrophularia acuminata

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 Charles T. Whippo to John Torrey, dated June 22 and July 28, 1823. Whippo write from western New York, where he is working on the Erie Canal. Both letters accompany plant specimens gathered on the shores of Lake Ontario, and Whippo offers to send more if Torrey wants. He also offers to circulate Torrey's prospectus-- probably for the 'Flora of the northern and middle states'-- among his 'botanical friends' in the area. Obsolete and unresolved plant names mentioned include Convolvulus sepium, Lemna polyrrhiza, Melampyrum americanum, Potamogeton fluitans, and Scrophularia acuminata.