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- catalog abstract "The Boott papers consist of a copy by Boott of descriptions of Vaccinium in a manuscript in the British Museum, with marginal annotations by Boott. The manuscript consists of two sheets (eight pagaes), dated Sept. 25, 1843 and is directed to Asa Gray. Boott carried on a substantial correspondence with Asa Gray and the manuscript described here was probably part of the correspondence.".
- catalog contributor b11003088.
- catalog date "1843".
- catalog description "Francis Boott Papers. Archives, Gray Herbarium Library, Harvard University Herbaria.".
- catalog description "Francis Boott received a bachelor's degree from Harvard in 1810. After a three-year stay in England (1811-1814), Boott returned to Boston and became interested in collecting New England plants. He was part of a group that made botanical explorations of New England mountains in 1816. Boott left again for England in 1820 and took up the study of medicine, first in London and then in Edinburgh, where he received an M.D. in 1824. He practiced medicine in London for a number of years and also lectured on botany and carried out his own scientific studies. He became involved in the study of the genus Carex and published three volumes of illustrations of that genus from 1858-1862.".
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- catalog description "The Boott papers consist of a copy by Boott of descriptions of Vaccinium in a manuscript in the British Museum, with marginal annotations by Boott. The manuscript consists of two sheets (eight pagaes), dated Sept. 25, 1843 and is directed to Asa Gray. Boott carried on a substantial correspondence with Asa Gray and the manuscript described here was probably part of the correspondence.".
- catalog extent "1 item (8 p.).".
- catalog issued "1843".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog subject "Boott, Francis, 1792-1863.".
- catalog subject "Carex.".
- catalog subject "Ericaceae.".
- catalog subject "Vaccinium.".
- catalog title "Manuscript by Francis Boott, 1843 (inclusive).".
- catalog type "collection".