Correspondence : Wright (Charles) and Engelmann (George), 1851-1880

By

Wright, Charles, 1811-1885

Type

Collection

Material

Archival material

Publication info

Notes

Incoming correspondence to George Engelmann from Charles Wright, for 1851-1880. The correspondence relates to collections for Boundary Commission; difficulties with survey, discontinuation of survey; routes, country, vegetation, picking procedure for cacti specimens; preservation, appointment to the Japanese, Behring Straits and Northwest coast expedition, work at Cambridge and Wethersfield with various collections, routes and descriptions of Cuba, Wright's politics during the Civil War and years following.

Folder contains original letters.

Subjects

(1852-1854) , (Frederick Adolph), , (James Duncan), , (John Milton), , (William Hemsley), , 1796-1873 , 1799-1865 , 1802-1879 , 1803-1873 , 1804-1878 , 1809-1884 , 1810-1888 , 1810-1889 , 1811-1885 , 1811-1887 , 1813-1883 , 1817-1886 , 1840-1918 , Agave , Bering Strait , Bigelow, John M , Botanical specimens , Boundaries , Cactaceae , Callitrichaceae , Callitriche , Cereus , Collectors and collecting , Commission on Boundary between the Indian Territor , Coniferae , Correspondence , Cruciferae , Cuba , Description and travel , Echinocactus , Emory, William H , Engelmann, George, , Euphorbiaceae , Fendler, Augustus, , Graham, J. D , Gramineae , Gray, Asa, , Lemna , Lemnaceae , Letters , Liliaceae , Lindheimer, Ferdinand, , Mammillaria (Cactus) , Melocactus , Mexico , Northwest, Pacific , Nymphaea , Nymphaeaceae , Onagraceae , Opuntia , Pereskia , Political and social views , Scientific Expeditions , Sullivant, William Starling, , Thomas, Friedrich August Wilhelm, , Torrey, John, , Tuckerman, Edward, , United States , United States Naval Expedition to Japan , University of Cambridge , Wislizenus, F. A , Wolffia , Wright, Charles, , Yucca

BHL Collections

Engelmann Papers, Missouri Botanical Garden

Call Number

Archives Collection 1 RG 4/1/5/1

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 876405073