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Asa Gray letter to Leander Wetherell

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Description: In this letter to Leander Wetherell, a journalist and teacher at the Rochester Institute of New York, Gray discusses two of his publications: Manual of the botany of the northern United States (1848) and Genera florae Americae boreali-orientalis illustrata : the genera of the plants of the United States illustrated by figures and analyses from nature (1848). The letter is written on a lettersheet advertising the Lawrence Scientific School. Along with a description of the school, its admission requirements and course information, the letter announces that "Professor Agassiz will deliver a course of lectures 'On the History of the Earliest Geological Ages.'"
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1848, March 6.
Call number: mssHM 71483
Creator: Gray, Asa (1810-1888)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc., August 17, 2009.

Obadiah Wetherell journal

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Journal kept by Obadiah Wetherell from December 1777 to March 1784. In it, he describes his experience in the American Army during the American Revolution, the conditions in Vallley Forge in the winter of 1777-1778, a dinner with George Washington, and a "great snowball fight" among the officers. He also comments on the United States' new alliance with France. There are several sketches in the volume including one of the fortifications at West Point, New York, in early 1779.

mssHM 52191

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Asa West letter to John A. Rockwell

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In this letter to Senator Rockwell, Asa West implores to have the government take a handful of tradesmen to California, assuring that the men are of good and respectable character.

mssHM 4084

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Asa Whitney letter to John Arnold Rockwell

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In this letter, Whitney writes of the importance of a road joining California and Oregon to the rest of the United States.

mssHM 21238

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Alexander von Humboldt letter to N. Maze

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This four-page letter, written in French by Alexander von Humboldt, is probably to his French publisher N. Maze. In the letter, Humboldt talks about his financial problems trying to publish Nova genera et species plantarum. He details problems he is having with the German government and also gives a breakdown of the publication expenses.

mssHM 70386

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Phineas Warren letter of recommendation for Leander Gerrard

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In this letter to "Sir," Hitchcock is recommending Leander Gerrard for U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska. Gerrard was a member of the Nebraska State Senate and a prominent resident and lawyer of Columbus, Nebraska.

mssHM 79062

Chinese immigrants letters and notes, 1881 November

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This collection is comprised of two letters, a list of ingredients, a small note, and a mailing envelope written in a calligraphic Chinese script from John Day, Oregon in November 1881. HM 83910 (a): Liao Gengxin requests Xue Sizhan for more of an unidentified material. HM 83910 (b): Ya Wang asks Xue Yasuo for more money and briefly describes his situation as a miner. HM 83910 (c): List of ingredients for making Chinese herbal medicine. HM 83910 (d): This small note was included with one of the two letters, asking the recipient to deliver the letter to a store in Portland, Oregon and telling the shopkeeper to in turn, deliver the letter to its final recipient. HM 83910 (e): Postmarked envelope addressed to Wang Sang in Portland, Oregon. The author's names are stamped in red to verify authenticity, suggesting they were likely written by a literate calligrapher and dictated by the authors.

mssHM 83910 (a-e)

Asa Gray letter to Leander Wetherell

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