Benjamin Smith Barton journals ; notebooks, 1785-1806 1785-1806

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Benjamin Smith Barton journals ; notebooks, 1785-1806 1785-1806

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This collection includes notes and an unpublished manuscript (275 pages), entitled "Journals and Note-books of Benjamin Smith Barton, 1785-1806," by Waldo L. McAtee. The manuscript includes an introduction with biographical and bibliographical notes, an annotated glossary-index, and an indexed bibliography of works referred to in the various journals. The photocopies of journals and notebooks by Barton include his survey of the boundary of western Pennsylvania and Ohio, 1785; a commonplace book, 1789; journey through New York to Niagara Falls, 1797; Pennsylvania journal, 1798; visit to Virginia, 1802 (published); Salt Pond Mountain, Virginia, 1806; notes on vertebrates and miscellany.

0.5 Linear feet; 2 boxes; 2 volumes

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Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815

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Benjamin Smith was a Philadelphia physician and naturalist. From the description of Correspondence, 1786-1815. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122380112 Benjamin Smith Barton was a Philadelphia physician and naturalist. From the description of A comparative vocabulary of Indian languages, [n.d.]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523582 From the description of Volumes, 1791-1812 (bulk). (Americ...

McAtee, W. L. (Waldo Lee), 1883-1962

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Biologist and ornithologist. From the description of Papers of W. L. McAtee, 1803-1963 (bulk 1900-1960). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77708968 Waldo Lee McAtee was a principal biologist and technical adviser at the Bureau of Biological Survey, US Dept. of Agriculture. From the description of Pamphlets, 1931-1956. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 38515019 W. L. McAtee was a zoologist, ornithologist, and entomologist. ...