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Henry Ruffner and John Torrey correspondence, 1837

by: Ruffner, Henry, 1790-1861

Publication date: 1837

Topics: Correspondence, Ruffner, Henry, 1790-1861 -- Correspondence, Torrey, John, 1796-1873 -- Correspondence, Washington College (Lexington, Va.)

Collection: biodiversity; nybgtorrey; NY_Botanical_Garden

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

Language: English

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Correspondence from Henry Ruffner to John Torrey, dated 1837, asking if Torrey knows of "a young man of uncommon promise, & fond of the physical sciences" who might to fill the post of professor of chemistry at Washington College, Virginia. "Good chemists are rare in Virginia," Ruffner says, but "the spirit of education is beginning to advance in this country."

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 Henry Ruffner to John Torrey, dated 1837, asking if Torrey knows of 'a young man of uncommon promise, & fond of the physical sciences' who might to fill the post of professor of chemistry at Washington College, Virginia. 'Good chemists are rare in Virginia,' Ruffner says, but 'the spirit of education is beginning to advance in this country.'