MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1783-1884
Abstract:
These are primarily letters to Gray on various aspects of natural history, with many references to collections at the British Museum of Natural History. There are numerous letters from British scientists and from European colleagues. There are letters from Americans too, such as those from Agassiz which relate to his Florida expeditions and the creation of natural history collections.
Call #:
Mss.B.G784
Extent:
5 Linear feet
Subjects:
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Assyria -- Antiquities. | Autographs. | Beyond Early America | British Museum (Natural History) | Brookes, Joshua, -- 1754-1821. | Du Chaillu, Paul B., (Paul Belloni), 1835-1903 | Duméril, C. (Constant), 1774-1860 | Florida -- Discovery and exploration. | Flower , William Henry, 1831-1899 | Geological Society of London | Geology. | Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875 | Hoeven, Jan van der | Lefèvre, Jean-Jacques, 1779-1858 | Mollusks. | Müller, Joh., 1801-1858 | Natural history -- Catalogs and collections -- England. | Natural history -- Catalogs and collections -- United States. | Nineveh (Extinct city) -- Antiquities. | Pfeiffer, Ludwig Georg Karl | Schomburgk, Robert H., Sir (Robert Hermann), 1804-1865 | Shells. | Société des sciences naturelle de France. | Steenstrup, J. Japetus Sm. -- (Joha | Valenciennes, M., 1794-1865