Humphry Marshall Papers, USDA History Collection

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Papers of Humphry Marshall (1722-1801), from Series X, Historical Manuscripts. Click on thumbnail for larger image.

Dr. Thomas Parke to Humphry Marshall, July 10, 1789, stating that he had received a letter for Marshall from Deseenet (?) of Paris which Parke had had translated into English. Also refers to another letter he has received from R. Barclay stating the King's gardener requests a box of cranberry plants.

Dr. Thomas Parke to Humphry Marshall, October 9, 1792, in which he states that he has obtained a shipment from John Bartram and includes a receipt and container list. This John Bartram (1743-1812) was the son of botanist and explorer John Bartram (1699-1777), and brother of William Bartram (1739-1823).
The address portion of this letter has also been scanned and can be viewed by clicking on the image.

Enclosure from above letter, a receipt dated October 10, 1792, and signed by John Bartram (1743-1812) for "1 case of growing Roots of American Trees Shrubs etc." for 3 pounds.

Enclosure from the above letter, a container list of "growing Roots of curious Trees, Shrubs, & Herbacious Plants."

George Pennock to Humphry Marshall, Philadelphia, September 12, 1788, in which the author, a nephew of Marshall's, discusses his observations on the Hessian fly.

To ease browsing the Marshall thumbnails are grouped on several separate pages, as follows:

Arbustum Americanum, 1785 and Memorials, 1849
Sir Joseph Banks, 1786-1793
Dr. Thomas Parke and George Pennock, 1788-1792
Samuel and William Vaughan, 1785-1787
Siberian Barley Broadside, undated

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