Papers of William Jameson, 1827-1869 (inclusive).

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Papers of William Jameson, 1827-1869 (inclusive).

Consists of about 200 letters; several receipts and notes; and a manuscript, written in Spanish which was probably intended for publication as a text on chemistry. Letters are in English and Spanish and correspndents include Isaac Anderson-Henry, José Manuel Estrada, Teodoro Maldonado, and family members.

2.5 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7431581

Harvard University, Botany Libraries

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Estrada, José Manuel 1842-1894

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Jameson, William 1796-1873

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Jameson studied at Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh ca. 1814-1818 and made several voyages as a ship's surgeon to Baffin's Bay and South America, 1818-1826. He taught chemistry and botany at the University in Quito, Ecuador and also served as assayer to the mint in Quito, 1832-1869. He published articles for several British and Scottish botanical journals and wrote the first two volumes of Synopsis plantarum æquatoriensium (1865) on the flora of Ecuador but never completed this work. ...

Anderson-Henry, Isaac.

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Maldonado, Teodoro de Sousa, 1759-?

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