Manuscripts

Charles Mason Hovey letter

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Description: Letter dated July 4, 1882, from Charles M. Hovey, American horticulturalist, cultivator of fruit and ornamental plants. This letter, written from Boston, discusses his variety of strawberry, "Hovey's Seedling," and compares it to another famous variety of strawberry in detail. The clipping is an obituary of Charles Mason Hovey (1887).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1882, July 4.
Call number: mssHM 83473
Creator: Hovey, C. M (1810-1887)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Ian Brabner Rare Americana, August 2018. Dealer got letter "from an an ABAA colleague."
Dimensions: 21 cm :
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