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[Identification of item], in the Charles Wilkins Short Papers, #662, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Botanical illustration--United States--History--19th century.
• Botanists--United States--History--19th century.
• Botany--United States--History--19th century.
• Families--Kentucky--Social life and customs.
• Gray, Asa, 1810-1888.
• Short family.
• Short, Charles Wilkins, 1794-1863.
• Short, William, 1759-1849.
• Torrey, John, 1796-1873.

Charles Wilkins Short of Hayfield (near Louisville), Ky., was a physician, noted botanist, professor of medicine at Transylvania University and the Medical College of Louisville.

The collection includes letters from Short to members of his family; letters to Short from relatives, including two letters, 1784, 1849, from his uncle, diplomat William Short (1759-1849); and letters from other botanists, among them John Torrey (about 15 letters, 1850-1860) and Asa Gray (about 40 letters, 1849-1879). Also included are a few botanical drawings.