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Henry Ernest Muhlenberg papers (1781-1787 and 1878 letter presenting the collection to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania)
Documents in this folder consist of scientific letters to Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg from various distinguished European and American naturalists. The letters represent important aspects of Muhlenberg's botanical work. They discuss botanical and zoological questions, review books, describe p...
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| Collection: | Henry Ernest Muhlenberg papers (#443) |
| Date: | 1781-01-01/1787-12-31, 1878 |
| Box Number: | Box 1 |
| Folder Number: | Folder 1 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org) |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/7057 |
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Documents in this folder consist of scientific letters to Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg from various distinguished European and American naturalists. The letters represent important aspects of Muhlenberg's botanical work. They discuss botanical and zoological questions, review books, describe plants, suggest names, and extend and develop the Linnaean taxonomy. This folder also contains an 1878 letter written by Muhlenberg's grandson, physician Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, presenting the collection to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The letters come from Germany, Sweden, England, France, and North America, and are mostly in German and English, with a few written in French. In general, the collection offers an extensive look into the scholarly exchange between scientists in Europe and North America around 1800 and more specifically, a view into the work of botanists in the wake of Carl von Linné's achievements in the foundations of biological taxonomy and the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. |
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