Title
William E.A. Aiken and John Torrey correspondence, 1830-1862
Related Titles
Related/Analytical:
New York Botanical Garden Archives
Series:
John Torrey papers, series 1, correspondence
By
Aiken, William E.A. (William Edward Augustin), 1807-1888
Type
Collection
Material
Archival material
Publication info
Notes
Correspondence from William E.A. Aiken to John Torrey, dating from 1830-1862, discussing career prospects and plant specimens. Aiken's warm, candid letters solicit Torrey's opinions about plants and commiserate over the trials of job-hunting, article writing, and "the mysteries and drudgery of the Laboratory." Later letters are concerned with Aiken's supplemental position as Special Examiner of Drugs and Medicines for the Port of Baltimore, and his concerns about keeping the position in the wake of each subsequent presidential election. Among obsolete plant species mentioned are Poa canadensis, Prunus pubescens, Aspidium intermedium, Salix cerasifolia, Corydalis canadensis, Cardamine virginiana, and Geranium pusillum.
In English.
Subjects
Aiken, William E.A. (William Edward Augustin), 180
,
Astragalus canadensis
,
Botanical specimens
,
Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de, 1778-1841
,
Correspondence
,
Dicentra canadensis
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Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842
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Epilobium palustre
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Galium lanceolatum
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Geranium dissectum
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Glyceria canadensis
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Glyceria fluitans
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Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878
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Mount Saint Marys College (Emmitsburg, Md.)
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Organographie végétale
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Phlox divaricata
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Planodes virginicum
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Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis
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Ranunculus multifidus
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Ribes lacustre
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Sabatia angularis
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Salix hastata
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Stachys sylvatica
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Torrey, John, 1796-1873
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Triglochin maritima
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Troost, Gerard, 1776-1850
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University of Maryland (1812-1920)
BHL Collections
John Torrey Papers
Call Number
PP
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
968152584
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