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George Thurber and John Torrey correspondence, 1851-1869

by: Thurber, George, 1821-1890

Publication date: 1851

Topics: Botanical specimens, Plants, Thurber, George, 1821-1890 -- Correspondence, Torrey, John, 1796-1873 -- Correspondence, Allen, Philip, 1785-1865, Bailey, Jacob Whitman, 1811-1857, Bartlett, John Russell, 1805-1886, Bentham, George, 1800-1884, Bigelow, John M. (John Milton), 1804-1878, Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903, Cooper, Peter, 1791-1883, Darlington, William, 1782-1863, Doremus, Robert Ogden, 1824-1906, Durand, Elias, 1794-1873, Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887, Engelmann, George, 1809-1884, Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890, Gray, Asa, 1810-1888, Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865, Le Conte, John Eatton, 1784-1860, Lovejoy, Owen, 1811-1864, Martius, Karl Friedrich Philipp von, 1794-1868, Michaux, François André, 1770-1855, Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859, Olney, Stephen T. (Stephen Thayer), 1812-1878, Parry, C. C. (Charles Christopher), 1823-1890, Pitcher, Zina, 1797-1872, Reese, David Meredith, 1800-1861, Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872, Whipple, Amiel Weeks, 1817?-1863, College of Pharmacy of the City of New York, Michigan Agricultural College, United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842), Plants -- United States

Collection: nybgtorrey; biodiversity; NY_Botanical_Garden

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

Language: English

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Correspondence from George Thurber to John Torrey, dated 1851-1869. The correspondence begins with Thurber in Texas, working on the Boundary Survey. He moves on to Providence, Rhode Island, and two main themes emerge in his letters-- botanical work, and a seemingly endless search for adequate employment. The latter gradually takes over Thurber's later letters, along with bouts of malaria in the moquito-ridden landscape of Lansing, Michigan, and concerns about the political climate of the country as the 1860s begin. Obsolete plant names mentioned include Cereus giganteus, Cereus thurberi, Dalea spinosa, Fougeria, Megarrhiza, and Vilfa utilis

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 George Thurber to John Torrey, dated 1851-1869. The correspondence begins with Thurber in Texas, working on the Boundary Survey. He moves on to Providence, Rhode Island, and two main themes emerge in his letters-- botanical work, and a seemingly endless search for adequate employment. The latter gradually takes over Thurber's later letters, along with bouts of malaria in the moquito-ridden landscape of Lansing, Michigan, and concerns about the political climate of the country as the 1860s begin. Obsolete plant names mentioned include Cereus giganteus, Cereus thurberi, Dalea spinosa, Fougeria, Megarrhiza, and Vilfa utilis.