This printed account includes a list of trees and shrubs, a catalog of vegetables and the time of their flowering, and a list of animals and minerals found in the vicinity of the Red River, as well as meteorological observations.
Thomas Freeman was a civil engineer and astronomer.
Provenance
Acquired from the Library of Congress, 1947.
Location of originals:Originals in Library of Congress.
General physical description
1 microfilm reel.
Early American History Note
This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.
Genre(s)
- Lists.
- Microfilm Collection
Geographic Name(s)
- Louisiana -- Description and travel.
- Red River (Tex.-La.)
Personal Name(s)
- Custis, Peter
- Freeman, Thomas,d. 1821.
Subject(s)
- Botany -- Louisiana.
- Meteorology -- Observations.
- Mineralogy -- Louisiana.
- Zoology -- Louisiana.
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