James, Thomas Potts, 1803-1882

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Thomas P. James was a Philadelphia druggist.

From the description of Letterbooks, 1851-1863. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122684097

James studied pharmacy and from 1831-1866 was involved in the wholesale drug business in Philadelphia and also developed an interest in Pennsylvania flora. After moving to Cambridge, Mass. James studied mosses and published along with Leo Lesquereux articles and a manual of North American mosses (1884).

From the description of Manuscripts of Thomas Potts James and Leo Lesquereux, 1879. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 40961357

American bryologist. James was a collaborator of Leo Lesquereux, and lived in Philadelphia, 1803-1869; in Cambridge, Mass. 1869-1882. James studied medicine and later became a professor at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.

From the description of Papers of Thomas Potts James, 1843-1882 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 177498147
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referencedIn William Wallace Denslow Botanical Manuscripts Collection MS 64., 1864-1868 Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries
creatorOf James, Thomas Potts, 1803-1882. Papers of Thomas Potts James, 1843-1882 (inclusive). Harvard University, Farlow Reference Library
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIf, 1866-1886 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891 Smithsonian Institution Archives
referencedIn Records of insurance companies and agents, 1781-1909 (inclusive) [microform]. Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library
referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879 Smithsonian Institution Archives
referencedIn Jacob Stauffer Papers, 1844-1879, 1844-1879 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf James, Thomas Potts, 1803-1882. Letterbooks, 1851-1863. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
referencedIn Records of insurance companies and agents, 1781-1938 (inclusive). Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library
creatorOf James, Thomas P. Catalogue of the Musci and Hepaticae of Pennsylvania / by Thomas P. James. Lafayette College
referencedIn Sullivant, William Starling, 1803-1873. Papers of William Starling Sullivant, 1818-1873 (inclusive). Harvard University, Farlow Reference Library
referencedIn Lesley, J. Peter, 1819-1903. Papers, 1826-1898 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf James, Thomas L., fl. 1881. Letter, 1881. American Periodical Series I
referencedIn Gray, Asa, 1810-1888. Papers, 1838-1887. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Samuel Longfellow Collection, 1881-1888 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn Denslow, William Wallace, 1826-1868. William Wallace Denslow botanical manuscripts collection, 1864-1868. University of Massachusetts Amherst, W.E.B. Du Bois Library
referencedIn Watson, Sereno, 1826-1892. Papers of Sereno Watson, 1852-1885 (inclusive). Harvard University, Gray Herbarium
creatorOf James, Thomas Potts, 1803-1882. Manuscripts of Thomas Potts James and Leo Lesquereux, 1879. Harvard University, Botany Libraries
creatorOf Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891. Letter and check from James Russell Lowell [manuscript] 1876. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Darlington, William, 1782-1863. Papers, 1788, [ca. 1800]-1863. Churchill County Museum
referencedIn The Papers of Sereno Watson (1826-c.1886) Botany Libraries
referencedIn James Freeman Clarke additional papers, 1806-1936. Houghton Library
referencedIn Asa Gray papers, 1838-1887, 1838-1887 American Philosophical Society
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