Correspondence : Nicollet and Torrey, 1841-1843.

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Correspondence : Nicollet and Torrey, 1841-1843.

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Incoming correspondence from J.N. Nicollet to John Torrey, for 1841-1843. The correspondence discusses Nicollet's travel in the upper Mississippi River Valley while mapping the region for the Bureau of the Corps of Topographical Engineers and his request for Torrey to identify and describe the plants collected.

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New York Botanical Garden, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library

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New York Botanical Garden, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library

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Torrey, John, 1796-1873

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John Torrey (1796-1873) was one of the greatest figures in American botanical history. He led botanists in the adoption of the natural system of classification. His extensive herbarium became the foundation of the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium. Appointed botanist for the Geological Survey of the State of New York in 1836, he published the first compete flora of the state in addition to preparing descriptions of plants collected during surveys for the Pacific railroad routes, the...

Nicollet, J. N. (Joseph Nicolas), 1786-1843

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J.N. Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer, settled in the United States in 1832. In 1836-1837 he explored the sources of the Mississippi River, and in 1838-1839 he led two United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers expeditions to map the region between the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, in which he was assisted by John Charles FreĢmont. John James Abert served as commander of the Topographical Bureau and Corps of Topographical Engineers, 1829-1861. From the descript...