Title: Jakob Sturm correspondence to Thomas Say,
Authors: Sturm, Jakob, 1771-1834.; Say, Thomas, 1787-1834
Year: 1822
Subjects: Say, Thomas,; Sturm, Jakob, Correspondence.; Beetles Collection and preservation; Entomology; Mollusks Collection and preservation; Insects Collection and preservation; Zoology; Technical writing; Nuremberg (Germany)
Abstract: Correspondence from German scientific illustrator Jakob Sturm (1771-1848) to American entomologist and conchologist Thomas Say (1787-1834), dated from 1822 to 1834. There is an English translation of a letter dated May 24, 1822, in which Sturm notes he is sending Say a box of European Coleoptera, and requests some insect specimens for himself and bird skins for his son. The letter also includes a draft reply by Say, promising to send insect specimens. There are also two lists of insect names in Say's hand. Most of the remaining correspondence is in German, and several include draft responses from Say or his annotations. A letter dated April 29, 1834, in English, concerns their exchange of mollusk specimens and Sturm's wish to have some American Coleoptera specimens, in addition to his plans to send Say the eighth volume of his work Deutschlands Fauna.