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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02475.06 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents concerning American explorers, adventurers and naturalists |
| Title | Asa Gray to unknown bookseller about copies of Gray's manual of botany |
| Date | 13 July 1854 |
| Author | Gray, Asa (1810-1888) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to an unknown bookseller asking if he has copies of Gray's manual of botany available because Mr. Willis, the principal of the Freehold Institute, is not able to obtain a copy. Asks what the selling price is. With small square fragment of blue lined paper with text, possibly cut from another letter. Addressed from Banbridge. |
| Subjects | Science and Technology Education Literature and Language Arts Book Selling Finance Geography and Natural History |
| People | Gray, Asa (1810-1888) |
| Theme | Science, Technology, Invention; Merchants & Commerce; Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Gray was a noted plant collector, Harvard University professor, and author of a series of botany textbooks. He helped found the study of plant geography. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |