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WILLIAM LEGGETT PAPERS (1862-1873)
0.5 lin. ft. (1 box)
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
William
Henry Leggett (1816-1882) was born on February 24, 1816. He graduated from
Columbia College in 1837. Leggett was a New York City classics teacher
and an amateur botanist. He was one of the founders of the Torrey Botanical
Club and was the first editor of the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical
Club, which was started by him as a private enterprise in 1870. Leggett
was described as a "profound classical scholar, a most conscientious teacher
and an enthusiastic botanist" (Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club,
Vol. 9, 1882, p. 86). William Leggett died on April 11, 1882.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The William Leggett collection consists primarily of correspondence
with colleagues during Leggett's tenure as editor of the Bulletin of
the Torrey Botanical Club. Prominent correspondents include Asa Gray,
George Clinton, William Denslow, George Thurber, and John Williamson. Subjects
include the exchange and determination of specimens, the Bulletin of
the Torrey Botanical Club, and the death of John Torrey. The
collection also includes research notes on Lechea, Compositae, and plants
that grow in New York.
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
Series 1: Correspondence, 1866-1886
Series 2: Research Notes, 1862-1869
Series 1: Correspondence 1866-1886.
Arranged alphabetically.
This series contains correspondence pertaining to plant descriptions,
acknowledgements of receipt of specimens, and requests for copies of the
Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club.
Series 2: Research Notes, 1862-1869
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
In this series are notes and lists on botanical topics, and a draft
proposal to Columbia College on the Torrey Botanical Club's views regarding
the relations of Columbia College to the Science of Botany.
RELATED COLLECTIONS
The New York Botanical Garden
PP John Torrey Papers
RA Torrey Botanical Club Archives
Processed March 2000 by Susan Fraser under a grant from
the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) PA-23141-98 and a grant
from the Harriet Ford Dickenson Foundation.
For more information and a complete description contact:
Susan Fraser, NYBG
Archivist
The LuEsther T. Mertz Library
The New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, New York 10458-5126
(718) 817-8879
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