Title
Willliam L. Marcy and John Torrey correspondence, 1836
Related Titles
Related/Analytical:
New York Botanical Garden Archives
Series:
John Torrey papers, series 1, correspondence
By
Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857
Type
Collection
Material
Archival material
Publication info
Notes
Correspondence from William L. Marcy to John Torrey, dated 1836. In the first letter, dated April 27, Marcy attempts to pursuade a skeptical Torrey that the terms being offered by the state of New York to scientists participating in its natural history survey are not as bad as he thinks: "... a more definite explanation of [the terms] may induce you to view them in a more favorable light..." This letter appears to be missing a page. In the second letter, dated July 16, it appears Torrey has accepted the commission; Marcy discusses further arrangements for performing the survey and some of the other naturalists he is attempting to recruit.
In English.
Subjects
Botanical specimens
,
Correspondence
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Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879
,
Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
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Jackson, Charles T. (Charles Thomas), 1805-1880
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Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857
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New York (State), Natural History Survey
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Torrey, John, 1796-1873
BHL Collections
John Torrey Papers
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
1030961498
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