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ALS. Informs Dr. Perlee that his, Tilton's, leg must be amputated and summons him to perform the operation.

ALS. Papers consist mostly of letters written to Torrey by professional colleagues, botanists and geologists involved in exploration and surveyor expeditions. Notable correspondents include Louis Agassiz, A.D. Bache, Spencer Fullerton Baird, George Bentham, Jacob Bigelow, James Dwight Dana, William Darlington, Amos Eaton, Ebenezer Emmons, Asa Gray, A. Guyot, Robert Hare, Joseph Henry, Edward Hitchcock, John Lindley, Josiah Clark Nott, C.S. Rafinesque, and John White Webster. A complete list of correspondents is available.

Holograph document. Statement of payment due from Major Joshua Huntington for medical services for the years 1776-1778.

ALS. Treat requests medical supplies and reports of Indian atrocities on the frontier.

ALS. Informs Talbot that upon his return to London he will suggest the appointment of a subcommittee to report upon a certain matter.

ALS. Asks Collard to befriend a St. Marc, who seeks reinstatement to his former position as principal of a college.

Autograph manuscripts, signed. Two sonnets, on his mother's miniature and on the burial of his son, April 20, 1883.

ALS. In this letter written two months before his death on Nov. 20, 1854, Turk writes of attending "the Lectures" in Philadelphia, recounts youthful escapades and speaks of his family.

ALS from naturalist James de Carl Sowerby and from the founder of the Linnean Society, Sir James Edward Smith, on botany.

ALS. Requests funds to purchase instruments and supplies, including blankets, bandage linen and a tourniquet, to be used in military service.