Alexander Garden papers, 1758-1767.

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Alexander Garden papers, 1758-1767.

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Papers consist of Alexander Garden's letters to Richard Bohun Baker (1736-1783) and medical accounts (1758-1763) of the Baker family. Letters (1759-1767, some undated) to Richard Bohun Baker discuss the medical care of Baker family members and slaves, the seeds of trees and shrubs, medicinal uses of bark, and other subjects. In addition to the originals, there are handwritten typescriptions of Garden's letters and photocopies.

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South Carolina Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7375988

South Carolina Historical Society

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Garden, Alexander, 1730-1791

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Charleston and Prince William Parish, S.C. physician and naturalist. From the description of Account with the estate of John Gordon, 1779. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37521715 South Carolina plantation owner, physician, and naturalist, after whom Karl Linnaeus named the "Gardenia." Alexander Garden married Elizabeth Peronneau (d. 1805). Garden remained loyal to the Crown, although his son, Alexander Garden (1757-1829) supported the colonial c...

Baker, Richard Bohun, 1736-1783.

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Owner of Archdale Hall, a plantation in Dorchester County (S.C.) which had previously been owned by his grandfather William Baker (d. 1718) and great-grandfather Richard Baker (d. 1698). Richard Bohun Baker (1736-1783) was the son of Richard Baker (d. 1752) and Mary Bohun (daughter of Nicholas Bohun). Richard Bohun Baker was tax inquirer and collector for the Parish of St. George Dorchester and served as a legislator in the South Carolina House of Representatives. He was also a Captain in the Se...

Baker family.

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