John Bartram Journal Transcript
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Scope and Contents
Typed carbon transcript from a draft of John Bartram's journal of a trip to Maryland and Virginia in 1738. Note on transcript "most important, never published in full, EGS." EGS is Earl Gregg Swem. Another note states, "the journey of 1738, which is outlined in [William] Darlington, letter to [Peter] Collinson, December 1738. See 'Brothers of the Spade' [by E.G. Swem]." Includes notes and correspondence on John Bartram by Earl Gregg Swem in 1926.
Dates
- Creation: 1926
Creator
- Bartram, John, 1699-1777 (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access:
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Conditions Governing Use:
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Biographical Information:
Extent
0.01 Linear Foot
Acquisition Information:
Gift.
Processing Information:
Processed by Anne Johnson in 2011.
- Title
- Guide to the John Bartram Journal, Transcript
- Author
- Anne Johnson.
- Date
- 2011-04-15
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository