ADMIT TO THE BOTANICAL LECTURES AND EXHIBITIONS

by Charles Whitlow

$250 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

NP: np, 1816-1817 . Exhibition ticket, 6.5 x 9.5 cm., printed within a decorative border, on stiff card stock with ink signature of Charles Whitlow. Lightly soiled, else very good. Likely from his U.S. botanical lecture tour of 1816-1817. Item #70240 In a letter from William Thornton to Thomas Jefferson dated Jan. 20, 1812, Thornton states that he has applied to Congress to permit Charles Whitlow to cultivate the ground

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