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

The pages from Darlington's book provide transcriptions for some of Marshall's letters.

Samuel Vaughan to Humphry Marshall, Philadelphia, April 13, 1785, in which Vaughan expresses a desire to send a box of plants to England and asks if it is too late in the season to send them.

Samuel Vaughan to Humphry Marshall, Philadelphia, April 30, 1785, in which he describes presenting Marshall's Botanical Catalogue before the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture as well as the Philosophical Society and his efforts to get the work published.

Samuel Vaughan to Humphry Marshall, Philadelphia, May 14, 1785, in which he further describes his efforts to get Marshall's work published and his preference for the work to be published in America as opposed to England. He also asks Marshall's advice on plants to plant in the state-house square.

List of trees "Planted in the State-house square," ca. 1785.

Samuel Vaughan to Humphry Marshall, Philadelphia, May 28, 1785, discussing Vaughan's plans for planting trees in the State-house square, and the publication of Marshall's catalogue.

Samuel Vaughan to Humphry Marshall, May 22, 1786, referring to the meteorological research of a professor of "Cambridge College, Massachusetts," and requesting Marshall's assistance in this project.

William Vaughan to Humphry Marshall, London, July 20, 1787, in response to a request of Marshall's and to thank him for seeds and plants received. Suggests ways of labeling and packing that would better preserve the plants and seeds.

• 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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