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<dl><dd>John Torrey Papers (PP), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden</dd>
<dd>Correspondence from Edward Frederick Leitner to John Torrey, dated September 12, 1832. Leitner writes to Torrey-- "although I have not the pleasure of your acquaintance"-- to request his support for an expedition Leitner proposes to make to "East Florida" and the Tortugas to collect botanical and, to a lesser extent, zoological specimens. He outlines the subscription scheme he has contrived to support the expedition, describes his proposed route, and offers a number of prominent naturalists as references</dd>
<dd>Digitized under grant #PW-234827-16 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), with additional support from Carnegie Corporation of New York</dd>
<dd>Finding aid for the John Torrey papers available from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, New York Botanical Garden and online</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Botanical specimens; Scientific expeditions; Leitner, Edward Frederick, 1812-1838; Torrey, John, 1796-1873; Audubon, John James, 1785-1851; Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830; Geddings, E. (Eli), 1799-1878; Greene, B. D. (Benjamin Daniel), 1793-1862; Schweinitz, Lewis David von, 1780-1834</div>
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Leitner, Edward Frederick,1812-1838</div>
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