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Chester Dewey, Botanist
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Carte-de-visite portrait of Chester Dewey (1784-1867), American Congregational minister, educator, and scientist. Served as Rochester University's first professor of natural science, 1850 until his death. Bottom of image bears handwritten inscription, "Chester Dewey, 1865."
January 30, 1865
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