MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1732-1773
Abstract:
This collection is principally letters to Collinson about seeds, plants, and gardens from seed cultivators and owners of country estates, including Cadwallader Colden, John Hanbury, Lord and Lady Petre, the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of Richmond, Sir Hans Sloane, and Daniel Solander. There are also several letters of John Bartram to William Bartram and Philip Miller.
Call #:
Mss.B.C692.1
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet
Subjects:
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Bartram, John, 1699-1777 | Bartram, William, 1739-1823 | Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776 | Collinson, Peter, 1694-1768 | Gardening -- England. | Gardens -- England. | Hanbury, John | Horticulture -- England. | Horticulture -- United States. | Lennox, Charles , Duke of Richmond, 1701-1750 | Miller, Philip, 1691-1771 | Natural history | Norfolk, Edward Howard, Duke of, 1686-1777 | Petre, Anne, Lady | Petre, Robert Edward, Baron, 1772-1810 | Plants, Cultivated. | Science and technology | Scientific Correspondence | Seed industry and trade -- England. | Seed industry and trade -- United States. | Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753 | Solander, Daniel Charles, 1733-1782