Dear Nancy,
    When I interned for a Summer at the Museum of Northern Arizona they had
quite the herbarium with many papers and letters. Try asking someone there
about the Abert research. Sorry the names I knew were in Anthropology. Good
luck.   Diane

Nancy J Russell wrote:

> Hello, all.
>
> I'm interested in finding out where the plant specimens collected by
> James Abert in 1846(ish) have ended up. Abert was with the Military of
> the West and collected plants during his trip, particularly from
> southeast colorado.
>
> Past contacts have included universities in Colorado and Nebraska, as
> well as Kew and the Smithsonian. All turned up nothing. If you have his
> specimens in your collection or think you might know where they are,
> please let me know. Thanks in advance.
>
> Nancy Russell
> Curator
> Bent's Old Fort NHS
> 35110 Hwy 194 East
> La Junta, CO 81050
> (813)383-5016
>
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