Colonial North America: Botany Libraries, Archives of the Gray Herbarium

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Colonial North America: Botany Libraries, Archives of the Gray Herbarium

The collection from the Botany Libraries, Archives of the Gray Herbarium, includes

  • Manasseh Cutler papers, consisting of notebooks of observations of plants, notebooks of extracts from books and letters, dated from 1782 to 1808, and a small group of loose materials, which includes material created in 1856 after Cutler's death.
  • Stephen Elliott papers, consisting of manuscripts and research notes, some in Elliott's hand and some in other hands; subscription forms for his A sketch of the botany of South-Carolina and Georgia; and correspondence, mostly to Elliott from fellow botanists, dated from 1791 to 1829.

Colonial North America at Harvard Library provides access to remarkable and wide-ranging materials digitized as part of an ongoing, multi-year project. When complete, the project will make available to the world approximately 650,000 digitized pages of all known archival and manuscript materials in the Harvard Library that relate to 17th- and 18th-century North America. Each item is connected to countless stories—of lives lived quietly and extravagantly, of encounters peaceful and volatile, and of places near and far – providing an opportunity to travel back in time, to rethink familiar stories, and to discover new ones.

Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Letter from Thomas Jarram Wray to Stephen Elliott, 1819 February 7. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Letter from Thomas Jarram Wray to Stephen Elliott, 1819 February 7. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

Correspondence from Augusta, Georgia, botanist Thomas Jarram Wray (1781-1851) to Elliot, dated February 7, 1819, concerning transmittal of proceeds from Elliott’s A sketch of the botany of South-Carolina and Georgia, and obtaining additional copies of the work to sell in Augusta and...

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Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Letter from Thomas Say to Stephen Elliott, 1822 August 18. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Letter from Thomas Say to Stephen Elliott, 1822 August 18. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

Correspondence from entomologist and conchologist Thomas Say (1787-1834), of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dated August 18, 1822, regarding a box of shells Elliott had sent him, the content of which Say identifies in his letter. Say also includes a list of shells he is sending to Elliott.

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Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Letter from W.C. Stueve to Stephen Elliott, 1817 October 20. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Letter from W.C. Stueve to Stephen Elliott, 1817 October 20. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

Correspondence in German from W.C. Stueve in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Elliott, dated October 20, 1817, accompanied by a list of European plant names.

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Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Letter from William Prince to Stephen Elliott, 1828 September 29. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Letter from William Prince to Stephen Elliott, 1828 September 29. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

Correspondence from New York horticulturist William Prince (1766-1842) to Elliott, dated September 29, 1828, regarding specimens he wished to have, including species of Hypericum, and his cultivation of wine grapes, of which he has “400 varieties” including “those kinds which will suit the...

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Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Letter of Ambrose-Marie-François-Joseph Palisot de Beauvois, 1810 September 14. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Letter of Ambrose-Marie-François-Joseph Palisot de Beauvois, 1810 September 14. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

Photostat of unaddressed correspondence of Ambrose-Marie-François-Joseph Palisot de Beauvois (1752-1820), thanking the recipient of the letter, probably Stephen Elliott, for his observations on his work, and requesting American plant specimens.

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Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Letter of Madame Tesse. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Letter of Madame Tesse. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

Unaddressed correspondence in French from a Madame Tesse regarding the procurement and shipment of seeds from France, possibly on behalf of Stephen Elliott.

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Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Letter of William Swainson, 1825 February 10. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Letter of William Swainson, 1825 February 10. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

Unaddressed correspondence from English ornithologist William Swainson (1789-1855), dated February 10, 1825, containing a request for bird skins from America, for which he writes he will exchange British, Brazilian, or African skins. Swainson’s list is based on Alexander Wilson’s (1766-1813)...

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Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Letters from Henry Muhlenberg to Stephen Elliott, 1808-1810 March 30. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Letters from Henry Muhlenberg to Stephen Elliott, 1808-1810 March 30. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

Correspondence from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, botanist Henry Muhlenberg (1753-1815), dated from 1808 to March 30, 1810, concerning the classification and exchange of plant specimens with Elliott and other botanists, including John Lyon (1765-1814), Muhlenberg’s observations on different plant...

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Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Letters from Henry Muhlenberg to Stephen Elliott, 1810 July 2-1812 November 11. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Letters from Henry Muhlenberg to Stephen Elliott, 1810 July 2-1812 November 11. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

Correspondence from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, botanist Henry Muhlenberg (1753-1815), dated from July 2, 1810 to November 11, 1812, concerning the classification and exchange of plant specimens with Elliott, Muhlenberg’s observations on different plant specimens he received from Elliott, the study...

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Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Letters from Henry Muhlenberg to Stephen Elliott, 1812 December 1-1815. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Letters from Henry Muhlenberg to Stephen Elliott, 1812 December 1-1815. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

Correspondence from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, botanist Henry Muhlenberg (1753-1815), dated from December 1, 1812 to 1815, concerning the classification and exchange of plant specimens with Elliott, Muhlenberg’s observations on different plant specimens he received from Elliott, news regarding the...

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