Manasseh Cutler papers

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Contains descriptions of plants, and locations where Manasseh Cutler observed them, from 1782 to 1784. Page 32 contains an index to plants described. Entries, which are numbered 1-20, and 304-332, include "scunk-weed" or "skunk-cabbage," probably referring to Lysichiton americanus; Solomon's seal (Polygonatum); Silver-rod (Solidago bicolor); Roman wormwood (Artemisia pontica or Ambrosia artemisiifolia); and unicorn root (Aletris farinosa).

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Contains an alphabetical "Catalogue of Plants from Doctors Linnous [sic] and Hill," referring to Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) and Sir John Hill (1714?-1775), as well as Manasseh Cutler's descriptions of plants in 1783, numbered 100-140, including Indian cucumber (Medeola), pigeon berry (possibly Rivina humilis), and yellow water lily (Nuphar lutea). There is an index to plants described in the front of the volume.

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Contains descriptions of plants, and locations where Manasseh Cutler found them in 1783-1784, numbered 330, and numbers 141-216. There is an index to plants described in the front of the volume. Entries include observations on nightshade (Solanum dulcamara), wild angelica (Angelica sylvestris), water plantain (Alisma), watercress (Nasturtium officinale), and St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum).

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Contains descriptions of plants, and locations where Manasseh Cutler found them in 1784-1785, unnumbered. There is an index to plants described in the front of the volume. Entries include bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), arrowgrass (Triglochin maritima), Jacob's ladder (Polemonium caeruleum), poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans).

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Contains descriptions of plants, and locations where Manasseh Cutler found them, "in part for the years" 1786-1789. Entries are unnumbered and include of species of Holosteum (pages 17-20) and Solidago (pages 40-43), as well as Caltha palustris (page 80), Ranunculus acris (page 92), and black wild cherry (Prunus serotina, page 105).

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Contains unnumbered descriptions of plants, and where Manasseh Cutler found them, in 1789, including the genera Liquidambar (page 1), Vaccinium (pages 20, 44-45, 123), and Lathyrus (pages 50-51), as well as Berberis vulgaris (pages 55-56), and Poa trivialis and Poa pratensis (page 48).

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Contains unnumbered descriptions of plants, and locations where Manasseh Cutler found them, from 1796 to 1799, including Hydrocotyle umbellata (page 1), Solidago altissima (page 4), and several species of Amaranthus, or Amaranth (pages 47-51), Capraria (pages 56-59, 101-102), and Viburnum (pages 106-112).

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Contains unnumbered descriptions of plants, and locations where Manasseh Cutler found them, from 1799 to 1804, including foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis, page 5), melic grass (Melica altissima, page 35), knapweed (Centaurea nigra, page 99), and dogwood (Cornus sanguinea, page 185).

Scope and Contents Contains excerpts from William Robertson's (1721-1793) "History of America" (1777); Sir John Hill's (1714?-1775) "A General Natural History" (1748-1752); a letter from ornithologist Johann Reinhold Forster (1729-1798) to English physician and naturalist Sir William Watson (1744-1825?) in "Transactions of the Royal Society" for 1772, Vol. 62; observations by English scientist and politician Sir George Shuckburgh-Evelyn (1751-1804) in "Transactions of the Royal Society" for 1777, Vol. 68;...

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Contains notes in Latin taken by Manesseh Cutler from C.H. Persoon's (1755-1837) "Synopsis Plantarum" (1805-1807), including a list of plants numbered 1-777; there are two appendices, and an "Index Generum," an alphabetical list of names which refers to numbers in the notebook.

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Contains observations on assorted plant species from the unaddressed correspondence of Scottish physician and botanist Jonathan Stokes (1755-1831), probably to Manasseh Cutler, dated 1806 August 1; 1807 November 3; 1808 January 12; 1790 December 27; and 1791 February 14 to 1793 August 17.

Scope and Contents Extracts, written by Manasseh Cutler in 1789, from correspondence and papers on agriculture and planting of the Bath and West of England Society, 1780; from The American museum, 1787-1788; from "The Anatomy of Plants With an Idea of a Philosophical History of Plants" (1682) by Nehemiah Grew (1641-1712); from an encyclopedia "CIC to DIA"; from Salem Gazette, November 17, 1795; and from "Hortus Kewensis" (1810-1812) by William Townsend Aiton (1766-1849). There is an index to topics covered at...

Scope and Contents Contains a fragment from a plant notebook, with a reference to specimen 220, [1784] August 6; a fragment from a plant notebook, with a reference to specimen 300, [1784] September 6; a letter from botanist Henry Muhlenberg (1753-1815), of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Manasseh Cutler, dated 1791 February 9, introducing himself and seeking to establish a correspondence between them, as well as a two fragments in Muhlenberg's hand titled "Queries by reading the Revd Mr. Cutlers Account",...