Manuscript by Francis Boott, 1843 (inclusive).

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Manuscript by Francis Boott, 1843 (inclusive).

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The Boott papers consist of a copy by Boott of descriptions of Vaccinium in a manuscript in the British Museum, with marginal annotations by Boott. The manuscript consists of two sheets (eight pagaes), dated Sept. 25, 1843 and is directed to Asa Gray. Boott carried on a substantial correspondence with Asa Gray and the manuscript described here was probably part of the correspondence.

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Harvard University, Botany Libraries

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Boott, Francis, 1792-1863

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Francis Boott received a bachelor's degree from Harvard in 1810. After a three-year stay in England (1811-1814), Boott returned to Boston and became interested in collecting New England plants. He was part of a group that made botanical explorations of New England mountains in 1816. Boott left again for England in 1820 and took up the study of medicine, first in London and then in Edinburgh, where he received an M.D. in 1824. He practiced medicine in London for a number of years and also lecture...