Edwin James Letter to Philip James
Scope and Contents
Collection contains a letter (dated May 15, 1838) from Independence, Missouri, to nephew Philip James in Burlington, Wisconsin, and undated handwritten note regarding Oregon Territory.
Dates
- May 15, 1838
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Copyright
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Biographical / Historical
Edwin P. James (27 August 1797 - 28 October 1861) was a 19th-century American botanist, geographer and geologist who explored the American West. He was a botanist and geologist with Major Stephen Harriman Long's expedition from the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains (1820).
Extent
1 envelope
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Rosenstock, n.d.
- Botanists -- Archives. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Letters (correspondence) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Description rules
- Anglo American Cataloguing Rules
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
