Oliver R. Willis and John Torrey correspondence, 1843-1862
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Oliver R. Willis and John Torrey correspondence, 1843-1862
- Publication date
- 1843
- Topics
- Botanical specimens, Schools, Willis, Oliver R. (Oliver Rivington), 1815-1902 -- Correspondence, Torrey, John, 1796-1873 -- Correspondence, Beck, Lewis C. (Lewis Caleb), 1798-1853, Chadbourne, Paul A. (Paul Ansel), 1823-1883, Darlington, William, 1782-1863, Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890, Gaudichaud, Charles, 1780?-1854, Gray, Asa, 1810-1888, Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878, Holton, Isaac F. (Isaac Farwell), Knieskern, Peter D., 1798-1871, Laning, Enoch, active 1848-1860, Mead, Samuel Barnum, 1798-1880, Pearce, Israel, active 1847-1851, Wiley & Putnam, Schools, -- New Jersey
- Collection
- nybgtorrey; biodiversity; NY_Botanical_Garden
- Contributor
- New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
- Language
- English
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Correspondence from Oliver R. Willis to John Torrey, dated 1843-1862, discussing a range of concerns, from botanical specimens, to acquiring materials for his teaching endeavors, to the occasional more esoteric issue. "I am requested by the Physicians of Heightstown to introduce to you the bearer Mr. Israel Pearce-- a justice of the peace, now acting as Coroner," he writes in 1844. "He has with him a Human Stomach which you are desired to examine, the reasons &c. he will give you..." Obsolete plant names mentioned include Draba verna, Empetrum conradii, Geum strictum, and Rhynchospora cymosa
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
Correspondence from Oliver R. Willis to John Torrey, dated 1843-1862, discussing a range of concerns, from botanical specimens, to acquiring materials for his teaching endeavors, to the occasional more esoteric issue. "I am requested by the Physicians of Heightstown to introduce to you the bearer Mr. Israel Pearce-- a justice of the peace, now acting as Coroner," he writes in 1844. "He has with him a Human Stomach which you are desired to examine, the reasons &c. he will give you..." Obsolete plant names mentioned include Draba verna, Empetrum conradii, Geum strictum, and Rhynchospora cymosa
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 Oliver R. Willis to John Torrey, dated 1843-1862, discussing a range of concerns, from botanical specimens, to acquiring materials for his teaching endeavors, to the occasional more esoteric issue. 'I am requested by the Physicians of Heightstown to introduce to you the bearer Mr. Israel Pearce-- a justice of the peace, now acting as Coroner,' he writes in 1844. 'He has with him a Human Stomach which you are desired to examine, the reasons &c. he will give you...' Obsolete plant names mentioned include Draba verna, Empetrum conradii, Geum strictum, and Rhynchospora cymosa.
- Addeddate
- 2019-05-21 20:31:17
- Call number
- nybgb1213322x
- Call-number
- nybgb1213322x
- Foldoutcount
- 0
- Genre
- biography
- Identifier
- oliverrwillisjo00will
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t9x13r41h
- Identifier-bib
- nybgb1213322x
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- ABBYY FineReader 11.0 (Extended OCR)
- Pages
- 64
- Possible copyright status
- Public domain. The BHL considers that this work is no longer under copyright protection.
- Ppi
- 300
- Year
- 1843-1862
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