Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Letters of Zaccheus Collins, 1815-1816. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

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Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Letters of Zaccheus Collins, 1815-1816. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

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Letter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, botanist Zaccheus Collins (1764-1831) to Elliott informing him of the death of his friend, botanist Henry Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Collins also writes he would welcome any extra Southern plant specimens Elliott possesses. Includes a typescript of the correspondence. There is also a list of expenses related to educating poor children addressed to Collins from B.R. Morgan, dated November 9, 1816.
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