A Guide to the Letters to George Bentham , 1835 #7079-c

A Guide to the Letters to George Bentham 1835

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Clifton Waller Barrett Library
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 7079-c

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Preferred Citation

Letters to George Bentham, Accession #7079-c , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased from Jerry N. Showalter, Ivy, Virginia, on September 20, 1995.

Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of two letters from John Neal to George Bentham. Neal writes to the English botanist introducing Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and listing and forwarding some plants gathered from Mt. Washington.

Contents List

John Neal (1793-1876), American author and editor, Portland, Maine, to George Bentham (1800-1884), English botanist, London, England, 1835 Mar 16.

ALS, 1 p.

Introducing Henry W[adsworth] Longfellow, "a particular friend of mine--a poet--an author--and every inch a gentleman . . ." who is one his way to the north of Europe, and requesting his hospitality while Longfellow, his wife, and their traveling companions are in London.

John Neal, Portland, Maine, to George Bentham, London, England, 1835 Mar 18.

ALS, 3 p. on 1 l.

Sending by way of [Henry Wadsworth] Longfellow, a book and some plants--to be shared with [ ] Doane--gathered near the top of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Included is a list of plants gathered from Mt. Washington in July 1831.