ALS, 1848 March 2 : Washington City, to Dr. John Torrey, Princeton.

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ALS, 1848 March 2 : Washington City, to Dr. John Torrey, Princeton.

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JCF tells of his plans to leave "next month for the Missouri frontier, thence to California with an exploring party, taking a direct route to the bay of San Francisco." Fremont later that year undertook his fourth expedition which met disaster in the snowpacked Rocky Mountains. Torrey, a natural historian and botanist, helped write accounts of Fremont's expeditions.

1 1/2 p. ; 25 x 20 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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