Wright, Samuel Hart, 1870
Scope and Contents
Incoming correspondence:
Correspondence of botanical interest from over 350 correspondents. Notable correspondents include George Bentham, Jacob Bigelow, John Carey, A.W. Chapman, William Cooper, Moses Ashley Curtis, William Darlington, Chester Dewey, Andrew Jackson Downing, Elias Durand, Amos Eaton, William Emory, George Engelmann, Asa Gray, Joseph Henry, William Hooker, Peter Knieskern, C.C. Parry, John Riddell, Lewis David von Schweinitz, Benjamin Silliman, and Edward Tuckerman.
Outgoing correspondence:
Correspondence from John Torrey to friends and colleagues pertaining largely to botanical topics, including publications and plant identifications from botanical explorations of the Southwestern and Western United States.
Dates
- 1870
Extent
From the Series: 3.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Torrey, John, 1796-1873 (Person)
- From the Collection: Bailey, Jacob Whitman, 1811-1857 (Person)
- From the Collection: Buckley, S. B. (Samuel Botsford), 1809-1884 (Person)
- From the Collection: Darlington, William, 1782-1863 (Person)
- From the Collection: Dewey, Chester, 1784-1867 (Person)
- From the Collection: Durand, Elias, 1794-1873 (Person)
- From the Collection: Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842 (Person)
- From the Collection: Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887 (Person)
- From the Collection: Engelmann, George, 1809-1884 (Person)
- From the Collection: Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890 (Person)
- From the Collection: Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 (Person)
- From the Collection: Greene, B. D. (Benjamin Daniel), 1793-1862 (Person)
- From the Collection: Greville, Robert Kaye, 1794-1866 (Person)
- From the Collection: Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 (Person)
- From the Collection: Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 (Person)
- From the Collection: Holton, Isaac F. (Isaac Farwell) (Person)
- From the Collection: Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865 (Person)
- From the Collection: Knieskern, Peter D., 1798-1871 (Person)
- From the Collection: Parry, C. C. (Charles Christopher), 1823-1890 (Person)
- From the Collection: Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel), 1783-1840 (Person)
- From the Collection: Schweinitz, Lewis David von, 1780-1834 (Person)
- From the Collection: Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 (Person)
- From the Collection: Sullivant, William Starling, 1803-1873 (Person)
- From the Collection: Tuckerman, Edward, 1817-1886 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the New York Botanical Garden, Mertz Archives Repository
New York Botanical Garden, Mertz Library
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Bronx NY 10458 United States
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