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F.E.L. Fischer and John Torrey correspondence, 1836-1842

by: Fischer, F. E. L.(Friedrich Ernst Ludwig),1782-1854

Publication date: 1836

Topics: Seeds, Fischer, F. E. L. (Friedrich Ernst Ludwig), 1782-1854, Torrey, John, 1796-1873, Schrenk, Alexander Gustav, 1816-1876, Todd, Charles Stewart, 1791-1871

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 F.E.L. Fischer to John Torrey, dated 1836-1842. The first letter, written in 1836 to accompany a catalog of seeds available from the Imperial Botanic Garden in St. Petersburg-- of which Fischer was director from 1823 to 1850-- is a standard form letter with a personal note to Torrey added. The second letter, dated 1842, accompanies a packet of seeds gathered in "the Kirgees" by A.G. Schrenck

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 F.E.L. Fischer to John Torrey, dated 1836-1842. The first letter, written in 1836 to accompany a catalog of seeds available from the Imperial Botanic Garden in St. Petersburg-- of which Fischer was director from 1823 to 1850-- is a standard form letter with a personal note to Torrey added. The second letter, dated 1842, accompanies a packet of seeds gathered in 'the Kirgees' by A.G. Schrenck.