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Correspondence from Thomas G. Lea to John Torrey, dated July 22 and November 19,1839, discussing a large number of specimens he sent to Torrey for his comments. The letters include a list of those specimens, divided beween them.
Correspondence from John Samples to John Torrey, dated July 1, 1839, introducing his young friend "Mr. Mason," and describing a few of his recent plant finds in Ohio.
Correspondence from Thomas Antisell to John Torrey, dated from 1853-1861. Earlier letters make frequent mention of the progress being made on volume 7 of the Pacific Railroad survey to which he and Torrey both contributed, as well as chemical experiments and the activities of other chemists and geologists of mutual acquaintance such as A.A. Hayes, G.C. Schaeffer, and C.F. Jackson. Antisell frequently voices his dissatisfaction with his government posts at the War Department and the Patent Office, and his attempts to find other employment and supplemental work lecturing at various medical colleges. Several letters are undated.
Correspondence from John Wright to John Torrey, dated 1840-1841, discussing a number of plant species. Obsolete plant names mentioned include Baptisia leucophaea, Gymnandra and Polygonum articulatum.