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  • Ranunculus sceleratus L.

    Collection Date
    27 Jun 1892
  • Gilia stellata A. Heller

    Collection Date
    5 Apr 1894
  • Fontinalis antipyretica Hedw.

    Collection Date
    20 Jun 1894
  • Major John Wesley Powell

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    c. 1890s
  • Plagiochila floridana A. Evans

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    30 Jan 1891
  • Lamp model/toy

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    probably 1700–1900
  • Verbascum ternacha Hochst.

    Collection Date
    26 Mar 1892
  • Archaeological investigations at the Morse Site (HS-9), Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Springfield, Illinois / by Floyd Mansberger ; prepared by Fever River Research, Springfield, Illinois ; for Lincoln Home National Historic Site, National Park Service, Springfield

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    2008
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    19th century
  • Allocarya leptoclada Greene

    Collection Date
    20 Jul 1896
  • Quercus gambelii Nutt.

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    12 Jul 1892

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