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 signed “A. Gray,” one page, 5 x 8, September 17, 1849. Handwritten letter to noted histologist and microscopist Henry J. Clark, telling him that he has received the enclosed “power buds” of an unidentified flower. “Come as early in October as you can make convenient. Omnibuses run between Boston (Brattle St.) and Cambridge every 15 minutes.” In fine condition, with a few small ink smudges.
A passage from A. S. Packard's Memoir of Henry James Clark (1826-1873): ‘Immediately after leaving college he taught for some time at White Plains, New York. While there, in some of his out-of-door rambles—and he was fond of taking long walks—he found a flower which he thought was new. On returning home he ascertained that it was not described in Professor Gray's Botany. He at once began a correspondence with Professor Gray in regard to it, and eventually received an invitation from him to go to Cambridge. He went there as a student of botany under Professor Gray in 1850, and this may be regarded as the date of his scientific birth.’
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