Papers of Charles Wright, 1853-1871 (inclusive).

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Papers of Charles Wright, 1853-1871 (inclusive).

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Includes mostly materials relating to Wright's collections while on the North Pacific Expedition and the U. S. Commission in Santo Domingo. North Pacific papers include a journal; notes on plants collected during the expedition and immediately after, in Nicaragua; unpublished manuscript on plants in Japan (in Asa Gray's handwriting); and notes on Cape of Good Hope plants by William Henry Harvey. Santo Domingo papers contain draft of unpublished manuscript, 1871, "Flora Domingensis" with letter from D. C. Eaton and notes by Daniel Oliver.

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Harvard University, Gray Herbarium

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Gray, Asa, 1810-1888

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Often called the “Father of American Botany,” Asa Gray was instrumental in establishing systematic botany as a field of study at Harvard University and, to some extent, in the United States. His relationships with European and North American botanists and collectors enabled him to serve as a central clearing house for the identification of plants from newly explored areas of North America. He also served as a link between American and European botanical sciences. Gray regularly reviewed new Euro...

Munro, William, 1818-1880.

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Eaton, Daniel Cady, 1834-1895

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Wright, Charles, 1811-1885

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Wright (Yale University, B.A. 1835) taught, participated in several surveys and expeditions, and collected plants in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Cuba. He was botanist for the U. S. North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853-1855, and in 1871 accompanied a U. S. commission to Santo Domingo. From the description of Papers of Charles Wright, 1853-1871 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 177499437 ...

Harvey, William H. (William Henry), 1811-1866

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United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition (1853-1856)

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The United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition (1853-1856), was organized by the United States Navy Department to conduct a naval and commercial survey of those parts of the Bering Straits, the North Pacific Ocean and the China Seas frequented by American whaling ships and by trading vessels in their routes between the United States and China. Captain Cadwalader Ringgold was placed in command of the expedition, which departed from Norfolk, Virginia, in June 1853. After Ringgold was recalle...

Oliver, Daniel, 1830-1916

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