Daniel Cady Eaton and John Torrey correspondence, 1856-1860

by: Eaton, Daniel Cady,1834-1895

Publication date: 1856

Topics: Botanical specimens, Carex, Eaton, Daniel Cady, 1834-1895, Torrey, John, 1796-1873, Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887, Blytt, Matthias Numsen, 1789-1862, Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842, Engelmann, George, 1809-1884, Gray, Asa, 1810-1888, Holton, Isaac F. (Isaac Farwell), Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865, Sartwell, H. P. (Henry Parker), 1792-1867, Seemann, Berthold, 1825-1871, Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864, Thurber, George, 1821-1890, Wright, Charles, 1811-1885

Collection: nybgtorrey; biodiversity; NY_Botanical_Garden

Digitizing sponsor: NEH PW-234827-16

Contributor: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library

Language: English

John Torrey Papers (PP), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden

Correspondence from Daniel Cady Eaton to John Torrey, dated 1856-1860, discussing botanical specimens and endeavors, particularly in the realm of Eaton's specialty, ferns. Eaton regularly visits Gray in Cambridge and keeps Torrey abreast of his work with Gray and of the plants coming in from all points, largely from the many government-sponsored expeditions of that period. As well as books, the two periodically exchange numbers of the German journal Linnaea.

Digitized under grant #PW-234827-16 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

Finding aid for the John Torrey papers available from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, New York Botanical Garden and online

Finding aid for the John Torrey papers available from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, New York Botanical Garden and online

Abstract: Correspondence from Daniel Cady Eaton to John Torrey, dated 1856-1860, discussing botanical specimens and endeavors, particularly in the realm of Eaton's specialty, ferns. Eaton regularly visits Gray in Cambridge and keeps Torrey abreast of his work with Gray and of the plants coming in from all points, largely from the many government-sponsored expeditions of that period. As well as books, the two periodically exchange numbers of the German journal Linnaea.