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By the mid-eighteenth century, Bartram's Garden had "the most varied collection of North American plants in the world." [22] Following the American Revolution and John Bartram's death in 1777, Bartram's sons William Bartram (1739–1823) and John Bartram Jr. (1743–1812) continued the family's international trade in plants. They expanded both ...
John Bartram wrote he received the "daily assistance & choice" of his friends in Charleston, which included Alexander Garden, Henry Laurens, and John Moultrie. It is clear from two letters to his son dated April 5 and April 9, 1766, that Laurens was a major source of advice as he worked on obtaining plantation supplies and arranged the shipping ...
William Bartram returned several times to the same location on the Altamaha during a collecting trip to the American South, funded by Dr. John Fothergill of London. William Bartram collected F. alatamaha seeds during this extended trip to the South from 1773 through 1776, a journey described in his book Bartram's Travels published in ...
The neighborhood takes its name from noted botanist John Bartram, whose historical home and gardens, Bartram's Garden, are located nearby. Bartram's Garden, also known as the John Bartram House, is a National Historic Landmark. [2] Bartram Village is also the name of a housing project in the neighborhood located at 54th Street and Elmwood Avenue.
Bartram returned to Philadelphia in January 1777 and assisted his brother John in all aspects of running Bartram's Garden. Frontispiece and title page of Travels. In the late 1780s, he completed the book for which he became most famous, Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, etc.
Bartram's Garden: Philadelphia, Kingsessing: 1731 House The home of John Bartram (1699–1777), America's first botanist and father of William Bartram (1739–1823), himself an eminent botanist and artist Ephrata Cloister: Ephrata: 1732 Religious
Vineyards can be found on mountainsides and valley floors, in areas that receive plenty of rain or are extremely arid, alongside coasts, or tucked inland. But few aspects of a wine’s origin ...
Meehan was a principal in the saving of Bartram's Garden, Philadelphia, PA. Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699–1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector, founded the garden in September 1728 when he purchased a 102-acre (0.41 km2) farm in Kingsessing Township, Philadelphia County.