| 1847/03/03 |
Asa Gray writes a note addressed to Charles Loring, Jane's father, to request his permission to ask for Jane's hand in marriage. |
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| 1847/03/04 |
I appreciate and reciprocate the confidence in which it was written, and assure you that there is no person to whom I should, with some trust to cheerfully entrust the welfare of my daughter than yourself - CGL to Asa Gray |
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| 1847/05/06 |
I am engaged to be married to a lady who I think is every way calculated to make me happy. When we may look for the event is more than I can say, since it is only yesterday that the lady's promise has been obtained. - Asa Gray to his mother, Roxana Gray |
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| 1848/05/04 |
Jane Lathrop Loring, daughter of Charles G Loring and Anna Pierce Loring, marries Asa Gray. The reception is held in the Harvard Botanic Garden. |
Asa Gray House, Cambridge, MA
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| 1848/05/10 |
After the Grays take a short wedding trip to Washington, DC, they make a home in the house at the Harvard Botanic Garden. |
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