Correspondence
Subtitle: Marchant (Mrs. John) and Engelmann (George)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 39
Subjects: Correspondence
Other titles: George Engelmann Papers, 1831-1914.
Description: Incoming correspondence to George Engelmann from Mrs. John (Melinda Hawley Hayden) Marchant, for 185?. The correspondence relates to a request for information about her son, Ferdinand V. Hayden.

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.

Melinda Hawley married Asa Hayden in 1926 and had four children with him including Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden. She divorced Asa Hayden in 1840 and married John Marchant in 1841.

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