Correspondence
Subtitle: Hilgard (Theodore) to Engelmann (George)
Published: 1846
Language: ger
Number of pages: 39
Subjects: Correspondence; Plants; Orthodontics; Botanical specimens; Collectors and collecting; Obstetrics; American Association of Physicians; Academy of Science of St. Louis; Herbarium; United States Coast Survey
Other titles: George Engelmann Papers, 1831-1914.
Description: Incoming correspondence to George Engelmann from Theodore Charles Hilgard,  for 1846-1874. The correspondence relates to collections for Engelmann with his brothers, Eugene and Julius; need for insect pins; need for Gray's text - using Beck; Siegman (courier) of Braun's whiskey transport are only means of sending collections; plans for leaving Washington to visit Julius and on to Germany; studying (in Heidelberg) botanical courses and obstetrics; sale of Fendler's collections in Philadelphia; medical practice; meeting of American Association of Physicians in Philadelphia; W. Hooker's unflattering comments about "outposts" of science. Regni Vegetabile Series Naturalis; treatment for a tooth problem - quinine, morphine and red wine; completion of index of U. S. Coast Survey publications; authorization by Prof. J. E. Hilgard to deposit the set of Coast Survey papers he has in St. Louis Academy of Science.

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.

Original material in German, with typewritten English translation.

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