Botanical writer and taxonomist (1810-1888) considered to be the most important American botanist of the 19th century. Darwiniana, a collection of his essays, was considered an important explanation of how religion and science were not necessarily mutually exclusive. ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7.25, October 16, 1881. Handwritten letter to English botanist and taxonomist Maxwell T. Masters, in part: "Thanks for Chronicle sent of late, and please send me no more here. For we leave Kew on Saturday, 22!! Oh dear, and so much undone—especially of sightseeing…alas, the opportunity of visiting you is lost. Canterbury, which my wife has not seen, is also given up. Shall you be at Kew any day this week, that I may say good bye in person?" In fine condition.
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