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Box 0004
Container
Contains 75 Results:
Manning Robert; W. R. Prince. Comments on pears and apples, 1841-08-16
File — Box: 0004, Folder: 0226
Identifier: MS0138-025053
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
The material found in bulk covers the years 1818 and 1823 to 1829 (documents 50 to 80 and 119 to 200). He founded the Linnaean Gardens in 1793 and incorporated them into his father=s establishment by 1802. During his ownership, the Gardens grew in size and fame and were patronized by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Prince introduced the Lombardy poplar as well as naming the Isabella grape. In 1826, he was one of the first importers of the Asiatic Mulberry tree. The material...
Dates:
1841-08-16
Manning, Robert; W. R. Prince. Available stock in Salem, Massachusetts and condition, 1841-08-27
File — Box: 0004, Folder: 0227
Identifier: MS0138-025054
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
The material found in bulk covers the years 1818 and 1823 to 1829 (documents 50 to 80 and 119 to 200). He founded the Linnaean Gardens in 1793 and incorporated them into his father=s establishment by 1802. During his ownership, the Gardens grew in size and fame and were patronized by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Prince introduced the Lombardy poplar as well as naming the Isabella grape. In 1826, he was one of the first importers of the Asiatic Mulberry tree. The material...
Dates:
1841-08-27
Prince, William R.; George G. Paddock. History of Price-owned property, including transactions with Charles Collins, R. B. Howard, Hersey Bradford and Moses Potter, 1841-10-17
File — Box: 0004, Folder: 0228
Identifier: MS0138-025055
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
The material found in bulk covers the years 1818 and 1823 to 1829 (documents 50 to 80 and 119 to 200). He founded the Linnaean Gardens in 1793 and incorporated them into his father=s establishment by 1802. During his ownership, the Gardens grew in size and fame and were patronized by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Prince introduced the Lombardy poplar as well as naming the Isabella grape. In 1826, he was one of the first importers of the Asiatic Mulberry tree. The material...
Dates:
1841-10-17
Hunewell, Jon; W. Prince, Jr. Problems of growing old, with a cure for rheumatism. Describes Captain Wilson, Mr. Fearing, Neighbors, 1842-02-25
File — Box: 0004, Folder: 0229
Identifier: MS0138-025056
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
The material found in bulk covers the years 1818 and 1823 to 1829 (documents 50 to 80 and 119 to 200). He founded the Linnaean Gardens in 1793 and incorporated them into his father=s establishment by 1802. During his ownership, the Gardens grew in size and fame and were patronized by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Prince introduced the Lombardy poplar as well as naming the Isabella grape. In 1826, he was one of the first importers of the Asiatic Mulberry tree. The material...
Dates:
1842-02-25
Prince, William R.; Robert Manning. Large list of trees he wants immediately, 1842-5-4
File — Box: 0004, Folder: 0230
Identifier: MS0138-025057
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
Documents comprise the bulk of the collection, the largest concentration found between 1838 and 1856 (documents 215 to 295). After a brief career as a merchant in New York, he returned to Flushing Landing, Long Island, and was faced with a controversy between his father and uncle over ownership of the family property during which his father died and he became legal owner. Apparently, he was a poor business man, losing much of the nursery in the crash of the market in mulberry trees. In...
Dates:
1842-5-4
Prince, William R.; C. M. Hovey. Response to attack on reputation of Princes by Gabriel Winter, 1842-5-28
File — Box: 0004, Folder: 0231
Identifier: MS0138-025058
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
Documents comprise the bulk of the collection, the largest concentration found between 1838 and 1856 (documents 215 to 295). After a brief career as a merchant in New York, he returned to Flushing Landing, Long Island, and was faced with a controversy between his father and uncle over ownership of the family property during which his father died and he became legal owner. Apparently, he was a poor business man, losing much of the nursery in the crash of the market in mulberry trees. In...
Dates:
1842-5-28
Corse, Samuel; W. Prince, Jr. Observations on the Jordon, Fox and Red River grapes, 1843-11-17
File — Box: 0004, Folder: 0232
Identifier: MS0138-025059
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
Documents comprise the bulk of the collection, the largest concentration found between 1838 and 1856 (documents 215 to 295). After a brief career as a merchant in New York, he returned to Flushing Landing, Long Island, and was faced with a controversy between his father and uncle over ownership of the family property during which his father died and he became legal owner. Apparently, he was a poor business man, losing much of the nursery in the crash of the market in mulberry trees. In...
Dates:
1843-11-17
Spencer, A. B; W.R. Prince. Observations on Wilson and Hamm's grapes, 1843-11-18
File — Box: 0004, Folder: 0233
Identifier: MS0138-025060
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
Documents comprise the bulk of the collection, the largest concentration found between 1838 and 1856 (documents 215 to 295). After a brief career as a merchant in New York, he returned to Flushing Landing, Long Island, and was faced with a controversy between his father and uncle over ownership of the family property during which his father died and he became legal owner. Apparently, he was a poor business man, losing much of the nursery in the crash of the market in mulberry trees. In...
Dates:
1843-11-18
Mathews, Stephen; W. R. Prince. Describes Ohio grape grown by Cincinnati Horticultural Society, 1843-11-24
File — Box: 0004, Folder: 0234
Identifier: MS0138-025061
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
Documents comprise the bulk of the collection, the largest concentration found between 1838 and 1856 (documents 215 to 295). After a brief career as a merchant in New York, he returned to Flushing Landing, Long Island, and was faced with a controversy between his father and uncle over ownership of the family property during which his father died and he became legal owner. Apparently, he was a poor business man, losing much of the nursery in the crash of the market in mulberry trees. In...
Dates:
1843-11-24
London Horticultural Society; W. R. Prince. Thank you for gift of 107 varieties of fruit trees, 1844-2-14
File — Box: 0004, Folder: 0235
Identifier: MS0138-025062
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
Documents comprise the bulk of the collection, the largest concentration found between 1838 and 1856 (documents 215 to 295). After a brief career as a merchant in New York, he returned to Flushing Landing, Long Island, and was faced with a controversy between his father and uncle over ownership of the family property during which his father died and he became legal owner. Apparently, he was a poor business man, losing much of the nursery in the crash of the market in mulberry trees. In...
Dates:
1844-2-14