Correspondence
Gray and Engelmann
by Asa Gray
Incoming correspondence to George Engelmann from Asa Gray, for 1846-1850. The correspondence relates to August Fendler and Santa Fe and government expeditions; Fendler's problems; Wright on the Rio Grande with Capt. Veatch; problems with other collection trips and army; Asclepias and Euphorbia mss..; Gray's journey to Europe; Publication of Wright's 1852 cacti. Henry and the Smithsonian; Oakes' death; Rafinesque, Agassiz, Wislizenus' Texas collections; Nuttall; Thos. Bancroft - Lowell's agent; J. P. Laubouisse, Mr. Olney, Fielding, Tuckerman, Boott, Holstead - Panama Railroad Survey; Fendler's prospective Salt Lake trip with Capt. Strausberg; Mercy - Secretary of War and Col. Albert - head of Topog. Eng. and Fendler; Endlicher's death; Schlechtendal and Pastor Scheele, Berlandier, Lindley, Sprague - artist, Harvey, Webb, Hohenbacher, Riehl, J. P. Brace (took silkworm eggs to Texas); Gregg's death, Emory in St. Antonio.
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Correspondence, Plants, Botanical specimens, Euphorbiaceae, Classification, Milkweeds, Asclepiadaceae, Collection and preservation, Smithsonian Institution, EuphorbiaPeople
Thomas Nuttall (1786-1859), George Engelmann (1809-1884), William H. Emory (1811-1887), Charles Wright (1811-1885), William Oakes (1799-1848), Henry Shaw (1800-1889), Augustus Fendler (1813-1883), Asa Gray (1810-1888)Places
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George Engelmann Papers, 1831-1914 / Correspondence (Collection 1 RG 4/1/5/1), Missouri Botanical Garden Archives.
Finding aid available from Missouri Botanical Garden Library and online http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/molib/part2.pdf.
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