Papers of William Baldwin, 1803-1844 (inclusive), 1817-1819 (bulk).

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Papers of William Baldwin, 1803-1844 (inclusive), 1817-1819 (bulk).

Consists of letters to William Darlington, mostly from Baldwin. Includes letters from Baldwin's wife, Hannah, written to Darlington after her husband's death, and from John J. Lowry in whose home Baldwin died.

61 letters.

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Harvard University, Botany Libraries

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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 Baldwin (1779-1819) was a physician and one of the first botanists to explore the American Southeast, especially Georgia and Florida. He also explored parts of Latin America and the West Indies. He was named botanist to the expedition of Stephen Long to find the headwaters of the Missouri River but died ...

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