Correspondence
Subtitle: Bigelow and Palmer
Published: 1852
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
Subjects: Correspondence; Plants; Botanical specimens; Plant collecting; United States; Pacific railroads; Exploration and surveys; Aquatic plants; Astronomy; Discovery and exploration
Other titles: George Engelmann Papers, 1831-1914.
Description: Incoming correspondence to George Engelmann from John M. Bigelow, for 1852-1874. The correspondence relates to Bigelow's specimen collections as part of Whipple's survey of the American West and Southwest, discussions of Engelmann's and Bigelow's meteorological findings, as well as Bigelow's collection of water plants for Engelmann.

Folders contain original letters, as well as photocopies, transcriptions and summaries of the originals.
Notes: This collection is open for research.

George Engelmann Papers, 1831-1914 / Correspondence (Collection 1 RG 4/1/5/1), Missouri Botanical Garden Archives.

Finding aid available from Missouri Botanical Garden Library and online http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/molib/part2.pdf.