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Oliver R. Willis and John Torrey correspondence, 1843-1862

by: Willis, Oliver R. (Oliver Rivington), 1815-1902

Publication date: 1843

Topics: Botanical specimens, Schools, Willis, Oliver R. (Oliver Rivington), 1815-1902 -- Correspondence, Torrey, John, 1796-1873 -- Correspondence, Beck, Lewis C. (Lewis Caleb), 1798-1853, Chadbourne, Paul A. (Paul Ansel), 1823-1883, Darlington, William, 1782-1863, Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890, Gaudichaud, Charles, 1780?-1854, Gray, Asa, 1810-1888, Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878, Holton, Isaac F. (Isaac Farwell), Knieskern, Peter D., 1798-1871, Laning, Enoch, active 1848-1860, Mead, Samuel Barnum, 1798-1880, Pearce, Israel, active 1847-1851, Wiley & Putnam, Schools, -- New Jersey

Collection: nybgtorrey; biodiversity; NY_Botanical_Garden

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

Language: English

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Correspondence from Oliver R. Willis to John Torrey, dated 1843-1862, discussing a range of concerns, from botanical specimens, to acquiring materials for his teaching endeavors, to the occasional more esoteric issue. "I am requested by the Physicians of Heightstown to introduce to you the bearer Mr. Israel Pearce-- a justice of the peace, now acting as Coroner," he writes in 1844. "He has with him a Human Stomach which you are desired to examine, the reasons &c. he will give you..." Obsolete plant names mentioned include Draba verna, Empetrum conradii, Geum strictum, and Rhynchospora cymosa

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

Digitized under grant #PW-234827-16 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), with additional support from Carnegie Corporation of New York

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

Abstract: Correspondence from Oliver R. Willis to John Torrey, dated 1843-1862, discussing a range of concerns, from botanical specimens, to acquiring materials for his teaching endeavors, to the occasional more esoteric issue. 'I am requested by the Physicians of Heightstown to introduce to you the bearer Mr. Israel Pearce-- a justice of the peace, now acting as Coroner,' he writes in 1844. 'He has with him a Human Stomach which you are desired to examine, the reasons &c. he will give you...' Obsolete plant names mentioned include Draba verna, Empetrum conradii, Geum strictum, and Rhynchospora cymosa.