Asa Gray ALS

Asa Gray, American botanist, autograph letter signed. One-page ALS, “A. Gray,” 4.5 x 7 in., on printed letterhead of the Botanic Garden, Cambridge, Mass., dated 25 September, to Mr. Carr. Gray thanks him for sending a copy of his Mammid, noting he has heard good accounts of it and looks forward to reading “with great interest in the copy you have kindly addressed me.”

Asa Gray (November 18, 1810 – January 30, 1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century. His Darwiniana (1876) was considered an important explanation of how religion and science were not necessarily mutually exclusive. Gray was adamant that a genetic connection must exist between all members of a species. He was also strongly opposed to the ideas of hybridization within one generation and special creation in the sense of its not allowing for evolution. He was a strong supporter of Darwin, although Gray's theistic evolution was guided by a Creator.

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