Correspondence : Short (Charles) and Engelmann (George), 1841-1862

By

Short, Charles Wilkins, 1794-1863

Type

Collection

Material

Archival material

Publication info

Notes

Incoming correspondence to George Engelmann from Charles Wilkins Short, for 1841-1862. The correspondence relates to an exchange of specimens; distribution of specimens; Engelmann was the intermediary for shipment of specimens between Short, Mead and Lapham; shipping routes and arrangements, accounts. Short's collections of the Botany of the Prairies of Illinois. Short's correspondence and exchanges with Dr. Steetz of Hamburg. Requests for Texas and Rocky Mt. plants, especially Lindheimer's. Biographical material on Gregg at his death.

Folder contains original letters.

Subjects

(Constantine Samuel), , (Mathew Carey), , (Moses Ashley), , (William Hemsley), , 1770-1855 , 1782-1863 , 1783-1840 , 1785-1852 , 1786-1859 , 1794-1863 , 1797-1878 , 1799-1848 , 1799-1880 , 1802-1879 , 1803-1873 , 1805-1886 , 1806-1850 , 1807-1867 , 1808-1872 , 1809-1884 , 1810-1888 , 1811-1875 , 1811-1887 , 1813-1890 , 1817-1911 , 1823-1897 , Biography , Boott, William, , Botanical specimens , Cactaceae , Carex , Commelinaceae , Compositae , Convovulaceae , Correspondence , Curtis, M. A , Cuscuta , Cyperaceae , Darlington, William, , Drake, Daniel, , Emory, William H , Engelmann, George, , Ephedra , Euphorbia , Euphorbiaceae , Fagaceae , Frémont, John Charles, , Gnetaceae , Gray, Asa, , Gregg, Josiah, , Henry, Joseph, , Heuchera , Hooker, Joseph Dalton, , Illinois , Ipomoea , Lapham, Increase Allen, , Lea, M. Carey , Letters , Lindheimer, Ferdinand, , Mead, Samuel Barnum , Michaux, François André, , Nuttall, Thomas, , Oakes, William, , Opuntia , Pinaceae , Pinus , Potamogeton , Potamogetonaceae , Prairies , Quercus , Rafinesque, C. S , Riddell, John Leonard, , Rocky Mountains , Saxifregaceae , Short, Charles Wilkins, , Solidago , Sullivant, William Starling, , Texas , Tradescantia , Transportation , Verbena , Verbenaceae

BHL Collections

Engelmann Papers, Missouri Botanical Garden

Call Number

Archives Collection 1 RG 4/1/5/1

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 872652819