Letters, 1840-1847.

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Letters, 1840-1847.

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The collection consists of twenty letters from Dr. Traill Green and Rev. Thomas C. Porter. Traill Green was a noted physician in Pennsylvania. He had a long career at Lafayette College (1837-1897) as a professor, administrator, and trustee. Green's seven letters (1840-1846) to Brakeley relate primarily to botany and natural science. Rev. Thomas C. Porter was a member of the Lafayette College Class of 1840. He was a professor of botany, zoology, and geology at Lafayette College (1866-1896). Porter was an avid botanist and wrote several books on the subject. Most of Porter's thirteen letters to Brakeley were written from his pastorates in Pennsylvania and Georgia. On two occasions, Porter asks about his long time friend Margaret "Maggie" Junkin Preston, daughter of Lafayette College president George Junkin, and poetess laureate of the Confederacy.

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Brakeley, John H.

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Rev. John H. Brakeley (born November 13, 1816 in Harmony, NJ) was a member of the Lafayette College Class of 1839. He received a Ph. D. from Lafayette College in 1871. Brakeley was a licensed Methodist minister, botanist, teacher, and founder of the Bordentown Female College in New Jersey. He died June 14, 1897. From the description of Letters, 1840-1847. (Lafayette College). WorldCat record id: 401787376 ...

Lafayette College (Easton, Northampton County, Pa.)

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Porter, Thomas C. (Thomas Conrad), 1822-1901

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Alumnus, Class of 1840. From the description of Addresses, reprints, etc. 1850-1897. (Lafayette College). WorldCat record id: 34208923 Thomas Conrad Porter, botanist, theologian, educator, and poet, was a professor of botany, geology, and zoology at Lafayette College from 1866-1896. Porter's scientific work focused primarily on the plants of Pennsylvania. Most of his research and collection of plants and minerals were destroyed in the Pardee fire, June 4, 1879. F...

Green, Traill, 1813-1897

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Professor of Chemistry. From the description of Addresses. 1868-1882. (Lafayette College). WorldCat record id: 52453013 Traill Green was born in Easton, Pa., on 25 May 1813. He received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1835. He practiced medicine for less than a year then returned to Easton to teach chemistry at Lafayette College. In 1841, Green accepted a position to teach the natural sciences at Marshall College in Mercersb...