239recipients of catalogue: DH-MB, n.p. (garden section).
240first volume: DH to unknown recipient, 4 August 1810, DH-LB, 68v.
240“much praise is due”: DH quoted by McAllister 1941, 104.
240“young gentleman of great genius”: quoted by Robbins 1964, 66.
241“American continent his GARDEN”: No author, untitled review of Hosack 1811a and 1811d, London Medical and Physical Journal, vol. 26 (1811).
241DH medicines for trip: noted in Clinton’s 1810 diary for this trip, reprinted in Clinton 1849. My account of this trip is based on Clinton’s canal journal and the diary of John Eddy (JE Diary).
241Clinton recently removed: Independent American, 13 February 1810; Cornog 1998, 89.
244“make DeWitt Clinton a member”: DH to John Vaughan, 16 March 1811, DH-LB, 82r.
244description of the weather: Hosack 1824c, 358.
244no cases of fever: DH to Currie, 10 September 1810, DH-LB, 76v.
244“frippery of a botanic garden!”: Columbian, 11 June 1810.
244“vile attempt”: quoted by Robbins 1964, 83.
244“blowing [on] coals”: DH to Samuel Bard, 9 April 1811, DH-LB, 85v.
245“very despicable opinion” and Mitchill’s response: DH to unknown recipient, 4 August 1810, DH-LB, 68v.
245“some precious things”: DH to William Wilson, 7 October 1810, quoted by Robbins, 83.
245estimates on garden: Hosack 1811d, 44–45.
245“N. York cannot”: DH to unknown recipient, 4 August 1810, DH-LB, 68v.
245“immense importance”: Hosack 1811d, 52.
245Pursh leaves for West Indies: Pursh 1814, vol. 1, xiv.
246DH accepts lower appraisal: Hosack 1811d, 46–48.
246“too great an annual expenditure”: quoted by Robbins 1964, 97.
246DH move and motives: see Hosack 1811c.
247“duties he owes to Columbia”: Post et al. to CU trustees, 2 May 1811, Columbia College Records, Box 6.
247“tigers concealed in their jungles”: Hosack 1826, 4.
247“continue to offend”: quoted by Robbins 1964, 90.
247DH resigns from Columbia: 6 June 1811, CU-CPS TM, vol. 1, 249–50.
247“zeal for the propagation”: 23 May 1811, CU-CPS TM, vol. 1, 309ff.
248Pearl Street quarters and meeting at DH house: June–July CU-CPS TM, vol. 1, 244–53.
248Tough and Dennison proposals: 3 June 1811, CU-CPS TM, vol. 1, 244ff.
248DH on the drought: Hosack 1824c, 370.
248“not to be sold”: 1 July 1811, Inventory of Plants, Columbia College Records, Box 6.
248needed blankets: Hosack 1824c, 370–71.
248cracked panes: CU-CPS TM, vol. 1, 311.
249“unfavorable to the publication”: Pursh 1814, vol. 1, xiv–xvi; Ewan and Ewan 2007, xxv.
249“least foundation”: TJ to Bradbury, 21 March 1812, LC-TJ.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: “Instead of Creeping along the Earth”
250“I would gladly smoke”: AB entry 2 April 1812, AB Journal Davis, vol. 2, 380.
250true identity: AB entry 25 April, 1812, AB Journal Davis, vol. 2, 392.
250“eat off the floor”: AB entry 2 April 1812, AB Journal Davis, vol. 2, 380.
250ink blotched: AB entry 4 April 1812, AB Journal Davis, vol. 2, 381.
250“though half sick”: AB entries 9–10 April 1812, AB Journal Davis, vol. 2, 384–85.
251“J. Madison & Co.”: AB entry 26 March 1812, AB Journal Davis, vol. 2, 368.
251“their war-prattle”: AB entry 26 March 1812, AB Journal Davis, vol. 2, 368.
251Boston in early May: AB entry 4 May 1812, AB Journal Davis, vol. 2, 402.
251AB on Rose: AB entry 30 May 1812, AB Journal Davis, vol. 2, 423.
251“two vagabonds”: AB entry 8 June 1812, AB Journal Davis, vol. 2, 434.
251new forts: Yocum 2005, 47.
251“a fierce little warrior”: quoted by Yocum 2005, 49.
251“battered down”: New-York Gazette, 15 April 1812.
252Proponents of war: Taylor 2011, 126–27.
252“devastation and carnage”: New-York Spectator, 20 June 1812.
252“every once and a-while”: Public Advertiser, 27 April 1812.
252Clinton’s political aspirations: Burrows and Wallace 1998, 424–25; Cornog 1998, 7, 96.
252send his grandson: AB to TB, 9 May 1812, AB Journal Davis, vol. 2, 395–96.
252“no more joy”: TB to AB, 12 July 1812, AB Journal Davis, vol. 2, 439; quoted in part by Isenberg 2007, 387. Aaron Burr Alston was ten years old at the time of his death (Chernow 2004, 721).
253AB after TB’s death: Isenberg 2007, 387–88; Chernow 2004, 721.
253“These animals”: College of Physicians and Surgeons 1812, 18.
253mild October days: On 15 October 1812, Randel recorded measurements for the new Fifth Avenue between Forty-Seventh and Forty-Eighth Streets, thus along the Middle Road on the east side of Elgin (John Randel Jr. Field Books, Pkge 61.2, Box 1, N-YHS). On Randel’s mapping of Manhattan, see Holloway 2013. The weather in New York City on and around 15 October 1812 is recorded in DC’s diary (November 6, 1810–November 8, 1815), N-YHS.
254the Fifth Avenue: Klein states that “the year 1824 marked the official debut of the [Fifth] avenue with the acquisition of title to 13th Street” (Klein 1939, 288).
254Rush’s ministrations: Gordon-Reed and Onuf 2016, 318–19.
254“Another of our friends of 76. is gone”: TJ to Adams, 27 May 1813, LC-TJ.
254“afflicting bereavement”: DH to James Rush, 26 April 1813, DH-LB, 91v.
254“whole odium”: BR to DH, 20 June 1812, quoted by AEH 1861, 314–15.
254“animates the face”: DH to Sully, 16 April 1812, DH-LB, 90r.
254“your city Hospital or University”: DH to Sully, 16 April 1812, DH-LB, 90r.
255Hosack confessed: DH to Julia Rush, 10 May 1813, DH-LB, 92v.
255Rush’s dying words: quoted by Hosack 1814, 53.
255Irving’s request for DH’s eulogy: DH to Richard Rush, 21 December 1813, DH-LB, 104v.
255bust of BR: Robbins 1964, 205.
255CWE surgeon in 97th Regiment: Eddy 1930, 1188.
256“execution in a nautical way”: quoted by Robbins 1964, 93.
256DH in debt: DH to Archibald McIntyre, 18 April 1816, DH Collection, N-YHS.
256dissertation on boneset: Anderson 1813.
256discovery was quickly picked up: see, e.g., Thacher 1813, xxii.
256DH replaced by SLM: June 1812, CU-CPS TM, vol. 1, 353.
256SLM and DH: Blatchford 1861, 30.
257“exhausting my youth” and “a man drowning”: 14 July 1813, CU-CPS TM, vol. 1, 395–96.
257DH Elgin visit: 1 September 1813, CU-CPS TM, vol. 1, 400–405.
258“mask of friendship”: 8 September 1813, CU-CPS TM, vol. 1, 409.
258“authorized Dr. Hosack”: 8 September 1813, CU-CPS TM, vol. 1, 406–13.
258Camellia japonica: [undated, but after August 1813] Dennison to JWF, John W. Francis Papers, NYPL, Box 3.
259“You will find”: quoted by Ewan and Ewan 2007, 547.
259Pursh’s new work: Pursh 1814.
259scooping Barton: Ewan and Ewan 2007, 545; see also Cutright 2001, 20.
259Henry Muhlenberg: Muhlenberg 1813; Eustis and Andrews 2015, 159–60.
260“my remuneration”: DH to JES, 28 August 1815, DH-LB, 125r.
260“best work”: DH to JES, 14 June 1817, LS-JES.
260preserving Lewis and Clark’s botanical discoveries: I am indebted to Joel T. Fry of Bartram’s Garden for this observation.
260officers of the new society: DH to James Kent, 8 February 1814, DH-LB, 105r. Clinton reappointed mayor: Columbian, 26 February 1814.
261“where are the philosophers?”: quoted by Cornog 1998, 68.
261Morris and other members: Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society, vol. 1 (1815), v–viii, xiii–xiv.
261“our next Governo
r”: DH to Barton, 18 March 1815, DH-LB, 114v.
261“master spirits” and following quotes from speech: Clinton 1815.
262“He was indefatigable”: AEH 1861, 311–12.
262“the more a man”: [Francis] 1835, n.p.
262confined her to bed: MH to CWB, 15 May 1812, Bache Family Papers, Series 1, APS.
263“dear little babe” and following quotations: DH to Bard, 4 June 1814, DH-LB, 107v.
264war’s effect on city: Burrows and Wallace 1998, 426.
264almshouse figures for April: Commercial Advertiser, 7 May 1814.
264new almshouse: Burrows and Wallace 1998, 502.
264“TO ARMS!!”: Columbian, 27 August 1814; quoted in part by Burrows and Wallace 1998, 428.
265Plattsburgh: Taylor 2011, 402; impact of the defeat of Napoleon on British forces in North America: Taylor 2011, 413.
265gained little: Wilentz 2005, 166–67.
265news of Treaty of Ghent reaches New York: Mercantile Advertiser, 8 February 1815; Wilentz 2004 [1984], 23.
265“Let me intreat”: quoted by Vail 1954, 44.
265Common Council: Common Council Minutes, 13 June 1815, vol. 8, 233.
266SLM bragged: CWP diary entry 4 June 1817, SPCWP, vol. 3, 513.
266“Citizens of New York”: Common Council Minutes, 13 June 1815, vol. 8, 233.
266“splendid zenith”: Common Council Minutes, 13 June 1815, vol. 8, 235.
266“City Hall”: Pintard to Fitch Hall, 7 December 1812, John Pintard Papers, N-YHS.
266Linnaean specimens: N-YHS Minutes, 8 July 1817, vol. 1, 100.
266“one peppercorn”: Robbins 1960, 300.
266Peale’s son Linnaeus: Sellers 1980, 222.
266Inderwick’s ship lost: Analectic Magazine, vol. 6 (1815), 23.
267“Mr. Washington Irving”: DH to JES, 27 May 1815, LS-JES.
267“great men”: DH to JES, 28 August 1815, LS-JES.
267JES knighted: Kennett 2016, 280.
267“I really rejoice”: DH to JES, 28 August 1815, LS-JES.
268“most ardent”: JWF to DH, 15 November 1815, JWF Papers, NYPL.
268“I can assure you”: Townsend to JWF, 14 March 1816, JWF Papers, NYPL.
268Banks on Lewis and Clark: JWF to DH, 26 May 1816, LC-TJ.
268“own worst enemy”: JWF to DH, 16 February 1816, JWF Papers, NYPL.
269“doubtful species”: JWF to DH, 16 February 1816, JWF Papers, NYPL.
269“conspicuous plant”: JWF to DH, 16 February 1816, JWF Papers, NYPL.
269“highest honour”: JWF to DH, 7 February 1816, JWF Papers, NYPL.
269DH elected FRS: Royal Society 2007, n.p.; Banks to JES, 10 January 1818, in Banks 2007, vol. 6, 267.
269“Mitchill is teased”: DH to Pendleton, 23 August 1816, quoted by Robbins 1964, 158.
269DH cares for Barton: Ewan and Ewan 2007, 836.
270guide to Boston plants: Bigelow 1814. In 1817, Bigelow would begin publication of a multivolume work on American medicinal plants (Bigelow 1817–20).
270“Every learned man”: FAM to DH, 3 March 1817, Gratz Collection, Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
270“medicaments for our bodies”: TJ to Thomas Cooper, 7 October 1814, RS-TJ, vol. 8, 540.
270“I could not pack”: TJ to DH, 13 July 1816, LC-TJ.
270“aid of manganese”: DH to TJ, 1 August 1816, LC-TJ.
271garden as campus: Brown 1908, 13.
271“Source of Expense”: 7 February 1818, CU-CC TM, vol. 2, 621.
271“Carriage is in danger”: 5 August 1815, CU-CPS TM, vol. 2, 128.
271state of garden: 5 August 1815, CU-CPS TM, vol. 2, 127–29.
271DH wants garden back: DH to TJ, 1 August 1816, LC-TJ.
272Moore as CU trustee: McCaughey 2003, 92, 97.
272“my Insolvency”: 27 September 1816, CU-CPS TM, vol. 2, 235–36.
272Gentle’s visit: Gentle to Moore, 24 October 1816, Columbia College Records.
273Gentle on Dennison: Gentle to DH, 21 October 1816, Columbia College Records.
273“preservation of the plants”: [n.d.] October 1816, DH to Moore, quoted by Robbins 1964, 98.
273“I shall again”: 20 October 1816, DH to Rawle, quoted by Robbins 1964, 98.
273Dennison refused: 7 November 1816, CU-CC TM, vol. 2, part 2, 534.
273“FOR SALE”: National Advocate, 14 March 1817.
CHAPTER 15: “Your Fortunate City”
274“like magick”: entry 23 May 1817, SPCWP, vol. 3, 491.
274“I told him”: entry 23 May 1817, SPCWP, vol. 3, 492.
274Peale’s visits to New-York Institution: see SPCWP, vol. 3, 493–506.
275“improvement of N. York”: SPCWP, vol. 3, 524.
275CWP on museums: SPCWP, vol. 3, 511.
276“a great City”: SPCWP, vol. 3, 521.
276“father of Natural History”: SPCWP, vol. 3, 508.
276“Rich furniture”: SPCWP, vol. 3, 509.
276DH whispered: SPCWP, vol. 3, 528.
277“Adam and eve”: quoted by Wulf 2011, 194.
277strong wind: SPCWP, vol. 3, 529.
277“extraordinary virtue”: SPCWP, vol. 3, 532.
277Monroe’s visit to New York: see Papers of James Monroe, vol. 1, 62–75.
277entrusted DH: Papers of James Monroe, vol. 1, 64.
278“your fortunate city”: CWP to DH, 24 June 1817, CWP Letter Book, 173, Peale Family Papers, APS.
278“the conservatory alone”: Milbert 1828, vol. 1, 31.
278“In politics all is calm”: DC to DH, 3 April 1817, reprinted as frontispiece of Hosack 1829.
278canal groundbreaking: Cornog 1998, 117.
278“an eminent Botanist”: DC to DH, 18 July 1817, CU-DC.
279“highly gratifying”: DH to JES, 25 July 1817, LS-JES.
279“Every degree of Respect”: Banks to JES, 10 January 1818, Banks 2007, vol. 6, 267.
279first American edition: Andrew Duncan Jr. 1818, ed. Dyckman. Dyckman was a student of DH by 1810: DH-MB, 22 (medical section).
280“young man”: DH quoted by Britton 1900, 540.
280“Broadway for garnets”: quoted by Robbins 1968, 523.
280“got my Sheepskin”: Torrey to Eaton, 16 April 1818, quoted by Rodgers 1942, 23.
280“notorious liar”: Torrey to Eaton, 21 March 1818, quoted by Ewan 1952, 624.
281Torrey’s collecting trips: see Torrey 1818–1820.
281Torrey confessed: Robbins 1964, 152.
281“listen to Hosack”: Eaton to Torrey, 6 May 1818, John Torrey Papers, NYBG.
281very kind letter: JES to Torrey, 5 March 1821, John Torrey Papers, NYBG.
281botany lectures: Torrey to Eaton, 23 March 1822, quoted by Robbins 1964, 154.
282“N. York writers”: Eaton to Torrey, 24 June 1820, John Torrey Papers, NYBG.
282Valentine’s Day 1818 payment: Robbins Mss.B.H78, APS.
282“8000 dollars”: W. Baits [no first name] to DH, 8 October 1819, Special Ms Collections, CU-CPS.
282“Evil Consequences”: 7 February 1818, CU-CC TM, vol. 2, part 2, 620.
282“the real Value”: 7 February 1818, CU-CC TM, vol. 2, part 2, 622.
282trustees could lease: 5 April 1819, CU-CC TM, vol. 2, part 2, 665.
283DH application: 5 June 1819, CU-CC TM, vol. 2, part 2, 688.
283“ornamental trees”: quoted by Brown 1908, 16.
283asylum foundation stone laid: Commercial Advertiser, 2 December 1818; asylum opens: New-York Evening Post, 30 May 1821.
283DH involvement: Robbins 1964, 182.
283Clinton informed: Vail 1954, 60.
283bookshop selling: Columbian, 24 January 1820. All quotations in this section are from [Verplanck] 1820.
285“I am glad”: DC to Pintard, 27 January 1820, DeWitt Clinton Papers, NYPL.
285“march of nations”: DH 1820a, 8–9.
285Humboldt elected: N-YHS Minutes, 9 May 1820, vol. 1, 194.
285Banks and DH correspondence: see, e.g., DH to Banks
, 28 October 1818, and 16 January 1819, in Banks 1958, and Banks’s inscription to DH in copy of Ross 1819 held by the John Carter Brown Library, Brown University.
286“admitted by all”: DH to Banks, 28 October 1818 in Banks 1958; Hosack 1819, vol. 3, 257.
286DH awarded medal: 5 January 1819, announced in Transactions of the Horticultural Society 1820, vol. 3, Appendix.
286“weak and crazy”: Bard quoted by Mitchill 1821, 38; deaths of Bard and wife: Robbins 1964, 174.
286“cut down the seven hills”: Moore 1818, 49–50; partially quoted by Holloway 2013, 118.
286sewer system: Moore 1818, 32; DH letter reprinted 54–55.
287“six or seven thousand”: 7 January 1822, CU-CC TM, vol. 3, part 1, 810.
287Jefferson continued: e.g., TJ to DH, 18 February 1818 and 12 July 1821, LC-TJ. See also TJ to Jonathan Thompson, 25 June 1821, quoted by Hyde 2016, 103.
287plane trees, etc.: Hosack 1820b, 50.
287Elgin plants at asylum: Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach 1828, vol. 1, 195.
287Gentle: N-Y Hort. Soc. Min., 7 November 1821, 2.
287Horticultural Society: Mickulas 2002, 40.
287“Celery” and “chocklate corn”: 30 October 1821 and 28 January 1822, N-Y Hort. Soc. Min., 1, 5.
288Astor’s son: 24 August 1824, N-Y Hort. Soc. Min., 48. On membership, see Mickulas 2007, 17–20; and Laird 2014, 193.
288gratitude to DH: see New-York Farmer, and Horticultural Repository, 1828, vol. 1, no. 3, 63.
288Camellia hosackia: name noted in Floy Diary 24 December 1835, and published in Berlèse 1841–1843, vol. 1, plate 90. The species name is no longer in use.
288On DH’s involvement: DH 1824, 15; Robbins 1964, 122.
288“depredations of deer”: New-York Farmer, and Horticultural Repository, 1828, vol. 1, no. 2, 32.
288“fine orchards of Long Island”: Douglas Journal, 4.
288“in ruins”: Douglas Journal, 6.
289Douglas missed Bartram: Bartram died on 22 July 1823, and Douglas arrived on 22 August (Douglas Journal, 8).
289DC out of office: his term ended 1 January 1823 (Cornog, 143).
289“saline element”: Essex Register, 16 October 1823.
289“state of perfection”: Douglas Journal, 23.
290good wine: SLM to DH, 3 September 1824, reprinted in Appendix to DH 1824b.
290“Mary Hosack died”: quoted by Robbins 1964, 162.
290“your recent affliction”: TJ to DH, 12 May 1824, LC-TJ.
290“some of it’s prominent characters”: TJ to DH, 26 October 1823, David Hosack Correspondence, APS.
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