John Bartram was the first native American botanist and made many journeys through the southern frontier, collecting seeds and bulbs for transplanting. He was Royal Botanist at the time of his 1765 trip to the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida.
1 microfilm reel. Reproduced by Atlas Microfilming Service, Philadelphia, 1952.
Purchased from Historical Society of Pennsylvania and accessioned, 1952.
Original in Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
This diary was published in its entirety and annotated by Francis Harper in "Transactions of the American Philosophical Society," 33/1(1942).
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.
