Samuel Barnum Mead and John Torrey correspondence, 1841-1847
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Samuel Barnum Mead and John Torrey correspondence, 1841-1847
- Publication date
- 1841
- Topics
- Botanical specimens, Plants, Mormons, Expulsion of the Mormons, Mead, Samuel Barnum, 1798-1880 -- Correspondence, Torrey, John, 1796-1873 -- Correspondence, Torrey, John, 1796-1873. Flora of North America, Boykin, Samuel, 1786-1848, Carey, John, 1797-1880, Chapman, A. W. (Alvan Wentworth), 1809-1899, Crawe, I. B. (Ithamar Bingham), 1792-1847, Curtis, M. A. (Moses Ashley), 1808-1872, Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842, Engelmann, George, 1809-1884, Gray, Asa, 1810-1888, Holmes, A. F. (Andrew Fernando), 1797-1860, Holton, Isaac F. (Isaac Farwell), Knieskern, Peter D., 1798-1871, Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875, Macrae, W. F. (William Frederick), Oakes, William, 1799-1848, Porter, Thomas C. (Thomas Conrad), 1822-1901, Sartwell, H. P. (Henry Parker), 1792-1867, Short, Charles Wilkins, 1794-1863, Tuckerman, Edward, 1817-1886, Plants -- Illinois -- Hancock County, Mormons -- Illinois, Nauvoo (Ill.) -- Expulsion of the Mormons
- Collection
- biodiversity; nybgtorrey; NY_Botanical_Garden
- Contributor
- New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
- Language
- English
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Correspondence from Samuel Barnum Mead to John Torrey, dated 1841-1847, discussing the flora of his adopted state, Illinois; the traffic in specimens to and from his home; and the activities of their botanical colleagues, especially their mutual friend Isaac Holton. One letter, dated October 17, 1845, is addressed to Holton, and after touching on the usual botanical subjects and gossip, describes the present unrest in Hancock County in relation to the Mormon community there. Obsolete plant names mentioned include Agrostis virginica, Asclepias cordata, Centunculus minimus, Dalibarda, Erysimum arkansanum, Herpestis rotundifolia, Hymenopappus corymbosus, and Vilfa vaginiflora
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 Samuel Barnum Mead to John Torrey, dated 1841-1847, discussing the flora of his adopted state, Illinois; the traffic in specimens to and from his home; and the activities of their botanical colleagues, especially their mutual friend Isaac Holton. One letter, dated October 17, 1845, is addressed to Holton, and after touching on the usual botanical subjects and gossip, describes the present unrest in Hancock County in relation to the Mormon community there. Obsolete plant names mentioned include Agrostis virginica, Asclepias cordata, Centunculus minimus, Dalibarda, Erysimum arkansanum, Herpestis rotundifolia, Hymenopappus corymbosus, and Vilfa vaginiflora
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 Samuel Barnum Mead to John Torrey, dated 1841-1847, discussing the flora of his adopted state, Illinois; the traffic in specimens to and from his home; and the activities of their botanical colleagues, especially their mutual friend Isaac Holton. One letter, dated October 17, 1845, is addressed to Holton, and after touching on the usual botanical subjects and gossip, describes the present unrest in Hancock County in relation to the Mormon community there. Obsolete plant names mentioned include Agrostis virginica, Asclepias cordata, Centunculus minimus, Dalibarda, Erysimum arkansanum, Herpestis rotundifolia, Hymenopappus corymbosus, and Vilfa vaginiflora.
- Addeddate
- 2018-07-07 03:10:12
- Call number
- nybgb12115356
- Call-number
- nybgb12115356
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- 0
- Genre
- biography
- Identifier
- samuelbarnummea00mead
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- ark:/13960/t1kh7k818
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- nybgb12115356
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- ABBYY FineReader 11.0 (Extended OCR)
- Pages
- 26
- Possible copyright status
- Public domain. The BHL considers that this work is no longer under copyright protection.
- Ppi
- 300
- Year
- 1841-1847
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