Johann David Schoepff correspondence
Permanent ID:
13040
Date:
late 1780s
Image Description:
Correspondence by Johann David Schoepff, prominent German botonist, zoologist, and physician. Schoepff is best known for his explorations of North America, having arrived as a physician to aid wounded British soldiers in the American Revolution. He was an early cataloger of North American medicinal plants.
Much of this correspondence is to Henry Muhlenberg, founder of the first Lutheran church in North America, in Lancaster, PA. Text is in English and German.
Format:
Correspondence
Dimensions:
Width: 19 cm, Height: 23.5 cm