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Correspondence from Jonathan Stokes to John Torrey, dated 1823: a long, businesslike discussion of a large number of plant specimens. Obsolete and unresolved plant names mentioned include Agrostis americana, Arenaria lateriflora, Briza canadensis, Elymus caninus, Festuca nutans, Gentiana crinita, Holcus fragrans, Ilex canadensis, Lycopodium lucidulum, Poa reptans, Prinos, Pyrus ovalis, Ranunculus filiformis, Rhus toxicodendron, Smyrnium integerrimum, Spiraea aruncus, Trichodium laxiflorum, and Trichophorum cyperinum.
Correspondence from Jonathan Roberts Paddock to John Torrey, dated 1838-1840, discussing plant specimens received from and sent to Torrey via friends and associates like Dr. R.P. Catley, Captain L. Hayes, "Mr. Moore," "Mr. Comstock," "Mr. Whitney," "Dr. Day," and Dr. N.W.M. McClelland; and volumes of Torrey's "Flora," with which he pronounces himself "well pleased."
Correspondence from John Torrey to Asa Gray, dated undated. Three small slips covered in notes on various species of Vaccinium.
Correspondence from John Torrey to John Carey, undated. A short, ebullient note congratulating Carey on a particularly tricky plant identification: "The little thing is so unike most of the order to which it belongs that I don't wonder you were puzzled with it." In celebration, Torrey writes, "I send you a queer little affair of Rafinesque's to read this evening."
Correspondence from John Torrey to Abraham Halsey, dated 1834, discussing the illustrations Halsey has recently completed for Asa Gray; the genus Salix; and assorted news of friends and colleagues.
Correspondence from John Torrey and Benjamin Silliman, Jr., dated 1862: a letter of introduction for "my friend & former pupil," A.M. Edwards.