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Joseph Decaisne and John Torrey correspondence, 1842-1868

by: Decaisne, Joseph,1807-1882

Publication date: 1842

Topics: Botanical specimens, Illustration of books, Printing, Decaisne, Joseph, 1807-1882, Torrey, John, 1796-1873, Baillière, J.-B. (Jean-Baptiste), 1797-1885, Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786-1889, Delessert, Benjamin, baron, 1773-1847, Grant, S. Hastings (Seth Hastings), 1828-1910, Gray, Asa, 1810-1888, Jacquemont, Victor, 1801-1832, Jussieu, Adrien de, 1797-1853, Raoul, E. (Etienne), Riocreux, Alfred, 1820-1912, Whipple, Amiel Weeks, 1817?-1863, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France)

Collection: nybgtorrey; biodiversity; NY_Botanical_Garden

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

Language: French

John Torrey Papers (PP), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden

Correspondence from Joseph Decaisne to John Torrey, dated 1842-1868. The bulk of Decaisne and Torrey's correspondence revolves around their exchange of botanical specimens and the production of plates for one of Torrey's publications. Decaisne also discusses his long association and friendship with Swiss botanist Adrien de Jussieu. The collection also includes a form letter from the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris to Torrey, signed by museum administrators Decaisne and M.E. Chevreul

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 Joseph Decaisne to John Torrey, dated 1842-1868. The bulk of Decaisne and Torrey's correspondence revolves around their exchange of botanical specimens and the production of plates for one of Torrey's publications. Decaisne also discusses his long association and friendship with Swiss botanist Adrien de Jussieu. The collection also includes a form letter from the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris to Torrey, signed by museum administrators Decaisne and M.E. Chevreul.