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<dl><dd>John Torrey Papers (PP), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden</dd>
<dd>Correspondence from Karl Friedrich Philipp von Martius to John Torrey, dated 1839. Martius' letter functions partly as a letter of introduction for a young Dr. Lilienthal, and partly as correspondence. He apologizes profusely for allowing their correspondence to lapse-- due to his professorship and his work on Brazilian plants-- and encloses two articles and a copy of his work "Nova genera et species plantarum" for the Lyceum of Natural History in New York</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: Correspondence; Martius, Karl Friedrich Philipp von, 1794-1868; Torrey, John, 1796-1873; Lyceum of Natural History (New York, N.Y.)</div>
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Martius, Karl Friedrich Philipp von,1794-1868</div>
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