Correspondence : Emory and Torrey, 1847-1857.

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Correspondence : Emory and Torrey, 1847-1857.

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Incoming correspondence from William Hemsley Emory to John Torrey, for 1847-1857. The correspondence discusses Torrey's work identifying specimens collected by Emory and others on a military reconnaissance expedition through the southwestern United States in 1846-1847, and on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey in 1848-1855.

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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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United States and Mexican Boundary Survey

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