Charles A. Geyer letters to Sir William J. Hooker [manuscript], 1845-1847.

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Charles A. Geyer letters to Sir William J. Hooker [manuscript], 1845-1847.

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Typed copy letters from Charles A. Geyer to Sir William J. Hooker, London, England, 18 items, 1845-1847, regarding the publication of his collection on botany in Missouri and Oregon Territory in Hooker's "London Journal of Botany", with introductory notes by Clifford M. Drury.

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Drury, Clifford Merrill, 1897-1984

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Historian and biographer of the Protestant missionaries to Oregon. From the description of Papers, 1932-1958. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29852284 Historian, Presbyterian minister. Ph. D. University of Edinburgh (1932). Professor Church History at San Francisco Theological Seminary (1938-1964). Published many works on church history, including: "Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and the Opening of Old Oregon"; "Diary of Elkanah Walker" (1976); and "Chief Law...

Geyer, Karl Andreas, 1809-1853

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Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865

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