Title: E.F. Germar correspondence to Thomas Say,
Authors: Germar, E. F. 1786-1853.; Say, Thomas, 1787-1834
Year: 1826
Subjects: Germar, E. F. Correspondence.; Hitchcock, Edward,; Say, Thomas,; Insects Classification; Beetles Classification; Entomology; Geology Massachusetts; Natural history; Halle an der Saale (Germany)
Abstract: Correspondence from Professor E.F. (Ernst Friedrich) Germar (1786-1853), a German entomologist and mineralogist, to American entomologist and conchologist Thomas Say (1787-1834), dated from 1826 to 1836. A letter dated October 26, 1826, in Latin, pertains to Say's work American Entomology and other publications on entomology and Coleoptera. There is also a letter in German, dated June 10, 1833, related to entomology, and a letter in Latin, dated October 1836, which reached America after Say's death, discussing Edward Hitchcock's (1793-1864) Report on the Geology of Massachusetts. Enclosed are two lists of names of insects, dated 1837.