Barton-Delafield Collection, 1789-1815 (bulk).

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Barton-Delafield Collection, 1789-1815 (bulk).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122578521

This is a superb collection of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century natural history illustrations (pencil sketches, watercolors, engravings) of botanical and zoological specimens. In addition to drawings and sketches by Barton (ca. 80 items), there are also works by the following individuals: William Barton, William Bartram (ca. 75 items), John H. Hopkins, Benjamin Henry Latrobe (superb rattlesnake watercolors), John Melish, A.I. Nunes, Ambroise Marie François Palisot de Beauvois, Frederick Pursh (ca. 27 items), Pierre Redouté, John Elias Ridinger, Jacobus van der Schley, and Pierre Turpin (ca. 50 items).

ca. 280 items; 35 copper plates.

American Philosophical Society Library

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American Philosophical Society Library

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Palisot de Beauvois, Ambrose-Marie-François-Joseph, 1752-1820

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Melish, John, 1771-1822

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Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820

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British-born American architect best known for his design of the United States Capitol and other public buildings in the United States. -- Joseph Donath was a Philadelphia merchant who is best remembered for supplying glass to Thomas Jefferson. From the description of [Letter] 1805 Sep. 19, Ironhill, Del. [to] Jos. Donath & Co. / B. Henry Latrobe. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 245178736 British-born architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe, most famous for designing the ...

Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698-1767

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Pursh, Frederick, 1774-1820

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Pursh studied horticulture in Dresden, Germany; participated in botanical explorations in the United States, 1805-1806; published a flora of North America (1813) while living in England; and returned to continue exploration in Canada. From the description of Manuscript by Frederick Pursh, 1810-1811 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 177498952 Frederick Pursh was a botanist, horticulturist, and explorer. From the description of Journal of a botanical excu...

Nunes, A. I.

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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...

Barton, William P.C. (William Paul Crillon), 1786-1856

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Zaccheus Collins was a merchant and botanist. From the guide to the Zaccheus Collins botanical correspondence, 1805-1827, 1805-1827, (American Philosophical Society) William Paul Crillon Barton, navy surgeon and botanist, was born in Philadelphia on 17 Nov. 1786 to William and Elizabeth (Rhea) Barton. He married Esther Sargeant in Sept. 1814. On 27 Feb. 1856 Barton died in Philadelphia. Barton received his A.B. from the College of New Jersey (Princeton) in 1805 and studied m...

Redouté, Pierre-Joseph, 1759-1840

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French painter of flowers. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to the Marquise de Dolomieu, 1823 Apr. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616501 From the description of Autograph letter signed in English signed : [Paris], to "Mylord", [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616504 ...

Schley, Jacobus van der, 1715-1779

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Hopkins, John Henry, 1792-1868

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Episcopal bishop of Vermont. From the description of Letter, 1851. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155474749 John Henry Hopkins was born in 1792 in Ireland. He became the first Protestant Episcopal bishop of Vermont. Hopkins published over fifty books, pamphlets and sermons. His published lecture, Slavery: Its Religious Sanction, Its Political Dangers, and the Best Mode of Doing it Away (1851) averred that slavery was not a sin but that its abolition was crucial and should be...

Bartram, William, 1739-1823

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William Bartram was a naturalist and made trips throughout the southern frontier, collecting seeds and specimens and making botanical drawings. From the description of Meteorological diary, 1790 January 1-1791 September 13. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122540731 From the description of Commonplace book, [ca. 1760-1800]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122624360 Naturalist William Bartram traveled through...

Turpin, P.J.F. (Pierre Jean François), 1775-1840

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By the time of his death at age 49, Benjamin Smith Barton (1766-1815) had become one of the best known citizens in the city of Philadelphia, one of the leaders in American medical education, and one of the more controversial figures in American natural history. Although it is clear, as he maintained, that Barton received training in medicine at elite European universities, the details of his medical education are at best murky. In 1786, Barton entered Edinburgh Universit...