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Accession 84-179

Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887

Baird-Michaux Volume, 1840s

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Title:Baird-Michaux Volume
Dates:1840s
Quantity:0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
Collection:Accession 84-179
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of one volume, F. Andrew Michaux, "The North American Sylva" (1817), which was most likely transcribed by Spencer Fullerton Baird and was one of the first serious surveys of American trees.

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This accession consists of one volume, F. Andrew Michaux, The North American Sylva (1817), which was most likely transcribed by Spencer Fullerton Baird and was one of the first serious surveys of American trees.

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 84-179, Baird-Michaux Volume

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F Andrew Michaux's The North American Sylva (1817), likely wholly transcribed by Spencer Fullerton Baird

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