Thomas Say ornithological papers, 1819-2010.

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Thomas Say ornithological papers, 1819-2010.

Chiefly copies of excerpts from various published materials including the journals of the 1819-1820 Long expedition; biographies of Say and Thomas Nuttall; bird checklists; web site clippings and miscellaneous correspondence. The collection does include seven pages of Say's "notes on birds" taken during the Long expedition.

.5 linear ft. (1 container)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8103517

Iowa State Historical Society

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Say, Thomas, 1787-1834

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Thomas Say (1787-1834) was a naturalist, entomologist, conchologist and explorer. The son of physician-apothecary Bejamin Say and his wife Ann Bonsall, granddaughter of the botanist John Bartram (1699-1777), Say was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 27, 1787. His mother died when he was six. Say’s connections with his great-uncle naturalist William Bartram (1739-1823), Bartram’s friend and neighbor the ornithologist Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) and Charles Wilson Peale (17...

Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859

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Naturalist, of England; explorer and writer on plants, birds, and other native species in North America; surname spelled variously. From the description of Note from Thomas Nuttale, probably to a Professor Terry, 1838. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 222009131 Zaccheus Collins was a merchant and botanist. From the guide to the Zaccheus Collins botanical correspondence, 1805-1827, 1805-1827, (American Philosophical Society) Nat...

Stephen H. Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains (1819-1820)

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