Correspondence
Subtitle: Thurber (George) and Engelmann (George)
Published: 1844
Language: eng
Number of pages: 44
Subjects: Correspondence; Surveys; Botanical specimens; Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art; American agriculturist; Torrey Botanical Club; Michigan Agricultural College; College of Pharmacy of the City of New York
Other titles: George Engelmann Papers, 1831-1914.
Description: Incoming correspondence to George Engelmann from George Thurber, for 1844-1882. The correspondence relates to difficulties with publication of the report of the Mexican Boundary Survey; ownership of the specimens; dispute with Maj. Emory and Col. J. D. Graham, Thurber's dismissal from the Assay Office because of his refusal to be "taxed"; Mr. Sam'l F. Butterworth and Sickle's affair; Dr. Torrey and Henry's intercession for Thurber. Thurber's lectures at the college of pharmacy in New York; work at the Cooper Institute; appointment to the State Agriculture College in Lansing; inefficiency at college; lifetime appointment as an editor to the American Agriculturist in New York. Work with grasses; Pomological conference in St. Louis; Botanical Club of New York.

Folder contains original letters.
Notes: The 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.