Proceedings of the Essex Institute, Volumes 1-2Essex Institute, 1856 - Natural history |
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... ANDREW NICHOLS , WILLIAM OAKES , and WIL- LIAM PRESCOTT , and their associates , are hereby made a Corporation by the name of the ESSEX COUNTY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY , for the purpose of promoting the Science of Natural History , with ...
... ANDREW NICHOLS , WILLIAM OAKES , and WIL- LIAM PRESCOTT , and their associates , are hereby made a Corporation by the name of the ESSEX COUNTY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY , for the purpose of promoting the Science of Natural History , with ...
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... Andrew Nichols exhibited to the meeting Draba verna in bud from his original locality , where he had dis- covered it growing many years ago . A specimen of the Physalia Atlantica was presented by Dr. Wheatland . This little creature is ...
... Andrew Nichols exhibited to the meeting Draba verna in bud from his original locality , where he had dis- covered it growing many years ago . A specimen of the Physalia Atlantica was presented by Dr. Wheatland . This little creature is ...
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... ANDREW NICHOLS , a valued physician ; one of the founders of the Essex County Natural History Society ; its President from the period of its organization until its annual meeting in June , 1845 , at which time he resigned the office ...
... ANDREW NICHOLS , a valued physician ; one of the founders of the Essex County Natural History Society ; its President from the period of its organization until its annual meeting in June , 1845 , at which time he resigned the office ...
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... Andrew Nichols . [ Abundant in 1855 , Rus- sell ! and noticed by several observers in 1854 and 1856. ] 11. Ammania humilis , Michaux ; Torrey and Gray : & c 1 . 480 . Danvers , Dr. A. Nichols . 1816 . 12. Archangelica peregrina ...
... Andrew Nichols . [ Abundant in 1855 , Rus- sell ! and noticed by several observers in 1854 and 1856. ] 11. Ammania humilis , Michaux ; Torrey and Gray : & c 1 . 480 . Danvers , Dr. A. Nichols . 1816 . 12. Archangelica peregrina ...
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... Nichols , Andrew 49 . Pierson , A. L. 50 . Sprague , Jos . G. 49 . Tenney , John , 50 . Ward , Israel , 74 . Weston , G. L. 136 . White , Charles 11 . Peach - gum , 15 . PORTLAND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY Letter from , 65 . Resolutions ...
... Nichols , Andrew 49 . Pierson , A. L. 50 . Sprague , Jos . G. 49 . Tenney , John , 50 . Ward , Israel , 74 . Weston , G. L. 136 . White , Charles 11 . Peach - gum , 15 . PORTLAND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY Letter from , 65 . Resolutions ...
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