Author: John Albert Kennicott
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Correspondence from John A. Kennicott to John Torrey, dated October 25, 1827. A teacher and medical student, Kennicott (father of explorer Robert Kennicott) thanks Torrey for a package he recently received, and states he is sending a shipment of plants in return, gathered "within a mile of this place [Buffalo, New York], excepting a few from Goat Island and Table Rock, Niagara Falls."
John A. Kennicott and John Torrey Correspondence
Author: John Albert Kennicott
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Correspondence from John A. Kennicott to John Torrey, dated October 25, 1827. A teacher and medical student, Kennicott (father of explorer Robert Kennicott) thanks Torrey for a package he recently received, and states he is sending a shipment of plants in return, gathered "within a mile of this place [Buffalo, New York], excepting a few from Goat Island and Table Rock, Niagara Falls."
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Correspondence from John A. Kennicott to John Torrey, dated October 25, 1827. A teacher and medical student, Kennicott (father of explorer Robert Kennicott) thanks Torrey for a package he recently received, and states he is sending a shipment of plants in return, gathered "within a mile of this place [Buffalo, New York], excepting a few from Goat Island and Table Rock, Niagara Falls."
John A. Kennicott and John Torrey Correspondence, 1827
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William Healey Dall and John Torrey Correspondence
Author: William Healey Dall
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Correspondence from William Healey Dall to John Torrey, dated September 26, 1866, informing Torrey of the death of Robert Kennicott. Kennicott succumbed to a heart attack at the age of 30 while serving as scientist for the Western Union Telegraph Expedition to "Russian America"; Dall was his assistant.
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Correspondence from William Healey Dall to John Torrey, dated September 26, 1866, informing Torrey of the death of Robert Kennicott. Kennicott succumbed to a heart attack at the age of 30 while serving as scientist for the Western Union Telegraph Expedition to "Russian America"; Dall was his assistant.
George Endicott and John Torrey Correspondence
Author: George Endicott
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Correspondence from lithographer George Endicott to John Torrey, dated 1842, discussing issues surrounding the production of reports for the New York State Natural History Survey ("The Natural History of New York") and other New York State documents.
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Correspondence from lithographer George Endicott to John Torrey, dated 1842, discussing issues surrounding the production of reports for the New York State Natural History Survey ("The Natural History of New York") and other New York State documents.
John Kirk Townsend and John Torrey Correspondence
Author: John Kirk Townsend
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Correspondence from John Kirk Townsend to John Torrey, dated 1841, discussing his desire to obtain funding from a mutual acquaintance, naturalist Thomas Bridges ("Brydges"), for his projected collecting expedition to California.
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Correspondence from John Kirk Townsend to John Torrey, dated 1841, discussing his desire to obtain funding from a mutual acquaintance, naturalist Thomas Bridges ("Brydges"), for his projected collecting expedition to California.
John Torrey and Amos Eaton Correspondence
Author: John Torrey
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Correspondence from John Torrey to Amos Eaton, dated 1818, discussing the distribution of Eaton's books to booksellers; the difficulty of identifying a shipment of specimens Eaton recently sent ("You send me such poor specimens of your plants that if I did not know them well I should have never been able to determine them"); work on Eaton's Manual; and other botanical matters, as well as Torrey's recent graduation from medical school: "I have now got my sheepskin & have full powers granted me to kill & destroy in any part of the earth-- I expect soon to open an office in the City." The second document is titled "Remarks on Eaton's translations of Acharius," with notes on a number of lichen genera; it is undated, and may have originally been enclosed with the letter. Unresolved plant names mentioned include Smyrnium aureum.
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Correspondence from John Torrey to Amos Eaton, dated 1818, discussing the distribution of Eaton's books to booksellers; the difficulty of identifying a shipment of specimens Eaton recently sent ("You send me such poor specimens of your plants that if I did not know them well I should have never been able to determine them"); work on Eaton's Manual; and other botanical matters, as well as Torrey's recent graduation from medical school: "I have now got my sheepskin & have full powers granted me to kill & destroy in any part of the earth-- I expect soon to open an office in the City." The second document is titled "Remarks on Eaton's translations of Acharius," with notes on a number of lichen genera; it is undated, and may have originally been enclosed with the letter. Unresolved plant names mentioned include Smyrnium aureum.
John Wright and John Torrey Correspondence, 1840-1841
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John L. LeConte and John Torrey Correspondence, 1866
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John A. Brereton and John Torrey Correspondence, 1834
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John Eatton Le Conte and John Torrey Correspondence
Author: John Eatton Le Conte
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Correspondence from John Eatton Le Conte to John Torrey, dated July 9, 1852, in which Le Conte informs Torrey that "some of your friends" wish to campaign for Torrey to be offered "the vacant professorship in the University." (The university in question is not specified.) Le Conte says that the group wishes to confirm ahead of time that, were the position offered, Torrey would accept.
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Correspondence from John Eatton Le Conte to John Torrey, dated July 9, 1852, in which Le Conte informs Torrey that "some of your friends" wish to campaign for Torrey to be offered "the vacant professorship in the University." (The university in question is not specified.) Le Conte says that the group wishes to confirm ahead of time that, were the position offered, Torrey would accept.