Asa Gray collection, 1871-1885.

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Asa Gray collection, 1871-1885.

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Collection consists of a brief, signed, holograph note concerning the species "viola sagittata", a signed portrait carte de visite dated March 21, 1876, and two short letters on folded stationary embossed with "Botanic Garden, Cambridge, Mass." The first letter, dated Nov. 10, 1871, is addressed to Mr. Bennett and concerns a lecture given by Gray; the second, undated, is to Mr. MacMillan requesting a copy of Cooke's "Handbook of British Fungi". Also included are a brief letter to Charles Sprague Sargent, dated June 22, 1885, which refers to a species of ash trees along the "southern borders of Mexico," and a brief thank-you note to a "Dr. Potts," dated June 16, 1853.

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University of Michigan

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University of Michigan

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Gray, Asa, 1810-1888

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Botanist, ardent supporter of Charles Darwin, first professor appointed to the faculty of the University of Michigan, and Professor of Botany at Harvard University. From the description of Asa Gray collection, 1871-1885. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 68802268 Asa Gray is an American botanist. He was made Professor of Natural History at Harvard University in 1842 and held that position until 1873. He was the author of several works including Manual of the bota...

Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927

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Sargent graduated from Harvard in 1862, taught horticulture at Harvard and was director of the Arnold Arboretum. From the description of Papers of Charles Sprague Sargent, 1862-1879 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972874 Dendrologist, first director of Arnold Arboretum, and professor of agriculture, 1879-1927. From the description of [Horticultural list and autograph], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 55531532 S...