Kennicott Family Papers 1830-1913.

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Kennicott Family Papers 1830-1913.

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This manuscript collection is divided into three series: RK, Robert Kennicott Correspondence and Papers, which contains all correspondence to and from Robert Kennicott, a number of lettrrs of recommendation and various papers: his tutorial exercises, memorandum drafts of letters and articles and a series of notebooks. The second series, FP, Kennicott Family Correspondence and Papers, includes all family material not by or to Robert Kennicott. It is the main depository of John A. Kennicott material, containing draft versions of his articles, his verse, a record of his activities on behalf of agricultural and horticultural progress and his voluminous personal correspondence. The third series, BP Kennicott Business Correspondence and Papers, is restricted to material related to the operation of the Grove Nursery, chiefly orders, accounts and the like.

4 microfilm rolls; 35mm.

Oakton Community College, Oakton Library

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Oakton Community College, Oakton Library

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Kennicott, William H.

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Kennicott, James H., -1838

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Kennicott, Robert, 1835-1866

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Robert Kennicott (1835-1865?) and Henry Martyn Bannister (1844-1920) were naturalists and explorers of the Alaska Territory in the mid-1860's. Their discoveries, as publicized before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, contributed to the eventual purchase of Alaska by the United States in 1867. From the description of Robert Kennicott-Henry M. Bannister Papers, 1857-1873. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80783346 Robert Kennicott was born November 13, 1835 in New Orleans, ...

Kennicott, John Albert, 1802-1863.

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John Albert Kennicott was born in Montgomery County, New York around 1802. He early developed scientific and literary interests and went on to study medicine. As a young man he practiced medicine along the Welland Canal in Canada, delivered lectures on botany and anatomy in Buffalo, New York and contributed to newspapers in western New York state and elsewhere. In 1836 John Kennicott moved to the Chicago area and established his homestead at The Grove, a prairie grove eighteen miles...

Kennicott, Robert, 1835-1866

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Robert Kennicott (1835-1865?) and Henry Martyn Bannister (1844-1920) were naturalists and explorers of the Alaska Territory in the mid-1860's. Their discoveries, as publicized before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, contributed to the eventual purchase of Alaska by the United States in 1867. From the description of Robert Kennicott-Henry M. Bannister Papers, 1857-1873. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80783346 Robert Kennicott was born November 13, 1835 in New Orleans, ...

Grove Nursery

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Kennicott, Hirim M. L.

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Kennicott, Jonathan Asa

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