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Drawing of coffee nut tree seed pod, 1816
A sketch of the coffee nut tree seed pod from the last page of a letter from Dr. Charles Wilkins Short to Dr. Daniel Drake.
Letter from Charles Wilkins Short to Daniel Drake, 17 December 1816.
Dr. Charles Wilkins Short writes to see if Dr. Daniel Drake was aware of the two species of coffee nut tree. Included is a sketch of the tree's seed pod on the last page. He also addresses the rumors he has heard concerning Drake's relocation to…
Letter from Constantine Rafinesque to Charles Wilkins Short, 17 July 1818
Letter from Constantine Rafinesque to Dr. Charles Wilkins Short in which he tells of his traveling through the western states. Rafinesque mentions his desire to meet Short in Lexington to see his plant specimens.
Letter from Dr. Daniel Drake to Dr. Charles Wilkins Short, 10 January 1807.
In his 10 January 1817 reply (to Charles Wilkins Short), Drake states the high probability of there being two species of the coffee nut tree but that no one had recognized it. He also mentions that he had accepted a professorship at Transylvania…
Letter from Constantine Rafinesque to Charles Wilkins Short, 21 December 1819
Letter from Constantine Rafinesque to Charles Wilkins Short in which he discusses plant naming and advises Short to keep a journal to track vegetation.
Letter from Constantine Rafinesque to Charles Wilkins Short, 20 November 1819
Letter from Constantine Rafinesque to Charles Wilkins Short, in which he writes of his discovery of new plants in Kentucky. He names a plant after Dr. Short, and asks him for more plant samples.
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Enid Bland Yandell and Janet Scudder in studio, ca. 1891
Enid Bland Yandell (center), Janet Scudder (left), and two other women pose on scaffolding in front of a caryatide in Lorado Taft's studio in Chicago.…