Henry Muhlenberg Manuscripts

Henry Muhlenberg Manuscripts

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The Muhlenberg manuscripts collection consists of Observationes Botanicae de Plantis Americae Septentrionalis volumes 1 and 2. These handwritten manuscripts describe North American plants; highlights include documentation for herbarium specimens, Muhlenberg's notes about specimens collected at Philadelphia gardens and on plants cultivated from Meriwether Lewis’s seed collections. Henry Muhlenberg was born in Pennsylvania in 1753 and was an ordained Lutheran minister and botanist. His book of North American grasses and reeds was published posthumously in 1817.

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Observationes Botanicae de Plantis Americae Septentrionalis

Observationes Botanicae de Plantis Americae Septentrionalis

Creator Muhlenberg, Henry, 1753-1815
Resource Type Manuscripts
Herbarium PH
Identifications Muhlenberg, Henry, 1753-1815 [family ]
Observationes Botanicae de Plantis Americae Septentrionalis

Observationes Botanicae de Plantis Americae Septentrionalis

Creator Muhlenberg, Henry, 1753-1816
Resource Type Manuscripts
Herbarium PH
Identifications Muhlenberg, Henry, 1753-1815 [family ]

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