Johann David Schoepff correspondence

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...

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Main Author: Schoepff, Johann David, 1752-1800 (Creator)
Contributors: Muhlenberg, Henry Melchior (Correspondent)
Collection:Historical Society of Pennsylvania autograph collection (#0022A)
Date:1786-01-01/1789-12-31
Dimensions:19 x 23.5 cm
Folder Number:Folder Schoepff, D.
Format: Electronic
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Copyright:Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org)
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/13040
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Summary: 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.