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John Jackson albums of specimens of dried flowers and plants, approximately 1810-1819 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 volume (146 pages)
Abstract:: This collection consists of two albums of specimens of dried and pressed plants and wild flowers made by early nineteenth-century London Grove, Pennsylvania, botanist John Jackson between 1810 and 1819. One of the albums was given to Dr. Francis Alison (1751-1813), son of the Presbyterian minister and educator Rev. Dr. Francis Alison (1705-1779).

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Analytical herbarium : designed for the use of students and private collectors, 1886-1887 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.33 linear foot (1 volume)
Abstract:: Analytical Herbarium : Designed for the Use of Students and Private Collectors was published in Farmington, Maine, in 1886 and used to collect botanical samples between May and June 1887.

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Miriam E. Welliver travel diary, 1934 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: The Miriam E. Welliver travel journal documents this Pennsylvania school teacher's month-long, 5,100 mile automobile trip across 19 states and Canada via handwritten journal entries, black-and-white photographs, postcards, telegrams, plant specimens, pamphlets, and other miscellaneous materials.

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