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I.B. Crawe and John Torrey correspondence, 1836-1837

by: Crawe, I. B.(Ithamar Bingham),1792-1847

Publication date: 1836

Topics: Botanical specimens, Fossils, Crawe, I. B. (Ithamar Bingham), 1792-1847, Torrey, John, 1796-1873, Beck, Lewis C. (Lewis Caleb), 1798-1853, Gray, Asa, 1810-1888, New York (State). Natural History Survey

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 I.B. Crawe to John Torrey, dated 1836-1837. In his first letter, dated March 31, 1836, Crawe approaches Torrey to ask for a letter of recommendation for a geologist position with the recently approved natural history survey of New York state; since Torrey does not know him, Crawe suggests consulting their mutual friend Asa Gray as to Crawe's qualifications. In the second letter, dated September 14, 1837, Crawe apologizes for not having duplicates of most of the plants Torrey has requested, but also includes a catalog of some fossils he has found in the rocks near the Black River in Jefferson County, New York

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 I.B. Crawe to John Torrey, dated 1836-1837. In his first letter, dated March 31, 1836, Crawe approaches Torrey to ask for a letter of recommendation for a geologist position with the recently approved natural history survey of New York state; since Torrey does not know him, Crawe suggests consulting their mutual friend Asa Gray as to Crawe's qualifications. In the second letter, dated September 14, 1837, Crawe apologizes for not having duplicates of most of the plants Torrey has requested, but also includes a catalog of some fossils he has found in the rocks near the Black River in Jefferson County, New York.