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John Clayton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 C57

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Scope and Contents

Copies of letters written by John Clayton author of Latin text Flora Virginica, exhibens plantas (Lugduni Batavorum, 1762), to Carl von Linne [Carolus Linnaeus] concerning Linnaeus' published works, seeds, Gmelin's Flora Siberica, and Clayton's election to the Swedish Royal Academy of Science; and to [John] Bartram concerning seeds, and a trip by Bartram to Florida.

Dates

  • Creation: 1747, 1765

Creator

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:

Born in Lancashire in 1657. M. A. Oxford. Rector of James City (Va.) Parish, 1684-1686. Made scientific observations. Returned to England. Fellow of Royal Society. Dean of Kildare. Died 1725.

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Extent

0.01 Linear Foot

Electronic Format:

Negative photostats Philadelphia, Pa.: Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 25 cm.

Related Materials:

English translation of letter to Linnaeus in Edmund Berkeley and Dorothy Smith Berkeley, John Clayton, Pioneer of American Botany (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1963), pp. 105-106. Letter to Linnaeus published in William and Mary Quarterly, Ser. 2, Vol. IV, pp. 246-248. Letter to Bartram published in William and Mary Quarterly, Ser. 2, Vol. VI, p. 325.

Title
Guide to the John Clayton Papers
Author
Finding Aid Authors: Special Collections Staff.
Date
2007-08-06
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
The collection description/finding aid is written in English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository

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