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Manuscript

Increase Lapham Journal Page

Date: 10 1827
Description: Open spread of Increase Lapham's diary from October 6, 1827 to April 18, 1828.
Manuscript

Increase Lapham Journal Page

Date: 1828
Description: Open spread of Increase Lapham's diary.
Manuscript

Increase Lapham Botanical Diary

Date: 1835
Description: Page from Increase Lapham's 1935 botanical diary in which he listed plants he observed in flower stage.
Manuscript

Increase Lapham Botanical Diary

Date: 1838
Description: Page from Increase Lapham's 1838 botanical diary in which he listed plants he observed in flower stage.
Manuscript

Increase Lapham's 1870 California Diary

Date: 1870
Description: Page from a diary kept by Increase Lapham in California between April 11 and May 19, 1870. The page shows a portion of a list of minerals of California.
Manuscript

Increase Lapham letter

Date: 06 28 1850
Description: Letter from Increase Lapham to his wife, Ann Maria Alcott, in Milwaukee. Lapham was at Aztalan and wrote to Anna regarding the geology of the region. He in...
Manuscript

Ranunculaceae

Date: 1849
Description: Handwritten list of plants in the Ranunculaceae or crowfoot family.
Manuscript

Plants of Wisconsin Page

Date: 1845
Description: Page from Increase Lapham's 1845 list of plants of Wisconsin including Oxalidaceae, Zanthoxylaceae, and Anacardiaceae and notations of where and when indiv...
Manuscript

Lapham Handwritten Title Page

Date: 1844
Description: Increase Lapham's handwritten title page for A Geographical and Topographical Description of Wisconsin
Manuscript

First Page of Lapham's Gazetteer

Date: 1844
Description: Handwritten first page of Increase Lapham's unpublished gazetteer of Wisconsin.
Manuscript

Lapham Gazetteer Page

Date: 1844
Description: Handwritten page from Increase Lapham's unpublished gazetteer of Wisconsin. The page includes entries for Choaking Creek, Cincinnati, City of the Four Lak...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Flowering Plant Table

Date: 07 22 1837
Description: Table printed in Milwaukee Advertiser indicating the time of flowering of several wild plants at Milwaukee and near the head of the Pishtaka River.
Manuscript

Title Page of Lapham's A catalog of Plants Found in the Viciinity of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory

Date: 1838
Description: Title page of Increase Lapham's Catalog of Plants Found in the vicinity of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory.
Manuscript

Lapham Index Page, Canals of Ohio

Date: 1832
Description: Page from the handwritten index to Lapham's Notes and accounts of canals, particularly the Ohio Canal near Portsmouth, 1830-1832.
Manuscript

Earth Borer

Date: 1828
Description: Increase Lapham's drawing and description of an earth borer for his handwritten manuscript, Notes and Accounts of Canals, Particularly the Ohio Canal Ne...
Map or Atlas

Parcel Map of Columbus, Ohio

Date: 1834
Description: Parcel map of Columbus, Ohio.
Manuscript

Plant Classification Lecture

Date: 09 1870
Description: The first page of a handwritten lecture titled "On the Classification of Plants" by Increase Lapham.
Manuscript

Increase A. Lapham Speech

Date: 02 1876
Description: The cover page of a speech handwritten by Increase Lapham titled: "On the Law of Embryonic Development Showing that it is the Same in Plants as in Animals....
Manuscript

Plants Drawings

Date: 1876
Description: Four drawings showing embryonic development in plants.
Drawing

Embryonic Development in Plants

Date: 1876
Description: Page 11 of a speech written by Increase Lapham on embryonic development in plants. There are drawings at the top of the page.

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