C. S. (Constantine Samuel ) Rafinesque miscellaneous manuscripts, 1817-1834

Mss.Film.898.2

Date: 1817-1834 | Size: 1 microfilm_reel(s)
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Abstract

These manuscripts include a few letters to John Torrey, Amos Eaton, and Reuben Haines, and journals of travels to the Appalachian mountains (1833), and to the source of the Schuylkill River (1834).

Background note

C. S. Rafinesque was a naturalist.

Collection Information

Physical description

1 microfilm reel.

Provenance

Presented by Charles Boewe and accessioned, 1959 (1959 482mf).

Location of originals:

Originals in University of Kansas Library.

Early American History Note

This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.

Indexing Terms


Genre(s)

  • Journals (notebooks).
  • Microfilm Collection

Geographic Name(s)

  • Appalachian Mountains.
  • Schuylkill River (Pa.)

Personal Name(s)

  • Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842
  • Haines, Reuben, 1786-1831
  • Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel), 1783-1840
  • Torrey, John, 1796-1873

Subject(s)

  • Botany.
  • Natural history.