ALS, 1773 December 14 : Plymouth, to the care of Dr. Foreman.

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ALS, 1773 December 14 : Plymouth, to the care of Dr. Foreman.

Torrey writes for the Plymouth Committee for Correspondence for the Town of Sandwich concerning measures leading up to the Boston Tea Party ... "we have dispatched a messenger to the C. of C. at Boston--what measures they will think best to take we know not ..."

2 p. ; 24.5 x 20 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7001510

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Torrey, John, 1796-1873

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John Torrey (1796-1873) was one of the greatest figures in American botanical history. He led botanists in the adoption of the natural system of classification. His extensive herbarium became the foundation of the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium. Appointed botanist for the Geological Survey of the State of New York in 1836, he published the first compete flora of the state in addition to preparing descriptions of plants collected during surveys for the Pacific railroad routes, the...