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### Author
Hall, James (of Albany) (1811-1898), American geologist and palaeobiologist; pupil of Amos Eaton; leader of the New York Geological Survey 1843-1898.
**Abbreviated name**: *J. Hall* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.Hall*\]
#### Collections
Herbarium specimens at F.
#### Bibliography and biography
Andrews p. 273-274; Barnhart 2: 114; BM 2: 771-772, 6: 426; BL 1: 204, 299; CSP 3: 136, 7: 891, 10: 116, 12: 305-306, 15: 583-584; DAB (by G. P.
- Merrill); Kew 2: 558; Lenley p. 209, 458 (Torrey corr.); ME 1: 191, 3: 589 \[index\]; Merrill p. 379-383, 698, 699, 722-723, *pl. 20*; Pennell p. 608; Quenstedt p. 184-185; Rehder 5: 359;
- TL-2/1614, 1852; Tucker 1: 312.
- Ami, Ottawa Naturalist 12: 114-115. 1898.
- Anon., Amer. J. Sci. 64: 437-438. 1898; Geol. Magaz. 411: 431-432. 1898; Leopoldina 34(8): 129-130. 1898; Nature 58: 372. 1898.
- Barrois, Bull. Soc. géol. France ser. 3. 27: 168-173. 1899.
- Clarke, J. M., Geol. Magaz. 57: 483-486, *pl. 10.* 1920 (portr.); James Hall of Albany geologist and palaeontologist 1811-1898. (second printing) Albany 1923, 565 p. (portr.).
- Hovey, Amer. Geologist 23(3): 137-168, *pl. 4* and *5*. 1899 (bibl., 260 items; portr.).
- Marcou, Bull. U.S. natl. Mus. 30: 231-236. 1885 (bibl.).
- Murray, Ann. Rep. N.Y. State Mus. 36: 79-94. 1883, 42: 75-97. 1889 (bibl. up to 1888; continued by Clarke, Amer. Geol. 23: 149-168).
- McGee et al., Science ser. 2. 4: 697-716. 1896 (honors).
- Phillips, V. T. and M. E., Guide mss. Coll. Acad. Phila. p. 470 \[index\]. 1963.
- Rodgers, A. D., John Torrey 275. 1942; Amer. bot. 1873-1892, 31-32, 71. 1944.
- Stevenson, J., Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 10: 425-451, *pl. 49.* 1900 (portr.; bibl., 267 items).
- Whitaker, Quart. J. Geol. Soc. London 55: liv-lvi. 1899.
- Youmans (ed.), Pop. Sci. Monthly 26(1): 120-123. 1884.
#### Composite works
*A catalogue of plants*, growing without cultivation, *in the vicinity of Troy*. By John Wright, M.D. and James Hall, A.M., Troy (N. Tuttle,...) 1836, p. \[1\]-42, *copy*: USDA; see under John Wright (senior author).
#### Handwriting
Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 10: *pl. 49.* 1898.
### Publications
##### n.2294. Palaeontology of New York
**Title**
*Palaeontology of New York*... Albany (printed by C. van Benthuysen) vols. 1-2, 1847\[1848\], 1851\[1852\]. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Palaeontol. New York*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Part VI of the *Natural History of New York*, entitled Palaeontology of New York, by J. Hall, consists of 8 volumes (1847-1894, \[1895\]) of which vols. 1 and 2 are of importance for palaeobotany. For *Botany* (part 2), see under J. Torrey.
*Vol. 1*: "1847" published 1847-1848 (1848, fide BM; dedication 1 Sep 1846; possibly in parts 1847-1848), p. \[i\]-xxiii, \[1\]-338 \[1, err.\], *pl. 1-87, 4 bis, 5 bis, 13 bis, 31 A-B, 32 A-D, 33\*, 40 A, 69 A, no. 82* lacking, no. *23* as "*20*"; uncol. liths. *Copies*: MICH, NY, Teyler, USDA.
*Vol. 2*: in parts 1851-1852 (t.p. 1852; dedic. 1 Sep 1852; BM "1851"), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-362, \[1, err.\], plates (with text) *1-85, 4 bis, 5 a, 17 A, 25 as "20", 26 as "21", 34 A, 34A (bis), 35 (bis), 36A, 37A, 40 A-G, 41 A, 49a, 62* unnumbered, *66A, 77a, 85 as "83"*. Copies: NY, Teyler.