Guide to the manuscript materials for the history of the United States to 1783, in the British Museum, in minor London archives, and in the libraries of Oxford and Cambridge / by Charles M. Andrews and Frances G. Davenport.
- Charles McLean Andrews
- Date:
- 1908
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Guide to the manuscript materials for the history of the United States to 1783, in the British Museum, in minor London archives, and in the libraries of Oxford and Cambridge / by Charles M. Andrews and Frances G. Davenport. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![4045. f. 55. Henry Barham, Great Carter Lane, October 21, 1717. Re¬ counts his life. Was at one time surgeon to the forces at Jamaica. f. 58. Id., November 6, 1717. Long description of certain medicinal plants of Jamaica. f. 68. Id., November 21, 1717. Medicinal mineral water of St. Iago de la Vega, ores, etc. If. 77, 89, 108. Id., December 11, 1717, January 9, 1718, April 17, 1718. Ores, plants, diseases. f. no. Id., Chelsea, April 29, 1718. American seeds in the physic garden. f. 159. Thomas Knapp, London, October 23, 1718. About a strange creature exhibited at Jamaica. f. 317. Francis Rose, Jamaica, April 2, 1720. Introducing Capt. Byndloss. 4046. f. 140. Henry Barham, St. Iago de la Vega, October 26, 1721. f. 201. W. Derham, Windsor Castle, February 13, 1722. Concern¬ ing letters from Mr. Robie, Boston, re inoculation. f. 227. John Burnet, Carthagena, April 6, 1722. f. 242. Henry Barham (no place, but mentions “this island”), May 14, 1722. f. 260. Id., July 5, 1722. f. 288. John Burnet, Carthagena, September 12, 1722. Sends obser¬ vations, etc. f. 289. Henry Barham, St. Iago de la Vega, September 13, 1722. f. 325. Id., Jamaica, January 3, 1723. f. 353. Mark Catesby, Charles City, May 10, 1723. Natural history. f. 354. Thomas Ekines, London, May 22, 1723, sending the following copy, f. 357, of a letter to the “ Earl of Cartwraight ”, Secretary of State, London, May 20, 1723, on the French and the Sugar Islands. Seems to be a bid for office in Tobago or elsewhere. 4047. f. 29. John Burnet, Carthagena, August 6, 1723. Diseases, etc. f. 90. Mark Catesby, Charles Town, November 15, 1723. Plants. f. 126. W. Sherard, February 7, 1724. Sends a box arrived from Mr. Catesby. f. 147. Mark Catesby, Charles Town, March 12, 1724. Birds, shells, etc. f. 164. John Burnet, Carthagena, April 2[ ], I72[ ]. Short letter— arrival or non-arrival of ships. f. 165. Henry Barham, April 30, 1724. Sends logwood; virtues of plants, etc. f. 169. Thomas Ekines, London, May 2, 1724. Three lines, asking that the enclosed be recommended to Mr. Walpole. (The enclosure is a description of an uninhabited island over against Jamaica and near the Spanish coast called by the English “ Monkey Key ”, by the Dutch “The Grout”, and by the Spanish “Little Jamaica”. Ad¬ vising a settlement.) f. 198. John Burnet, Carthagena, July 17, 1724. Concerning a quad¬ rant and other subjects. f. 213. Mark Catesby, Charles Town, August 15, 1724. Collections, etc. f. 229. Thomas Cooper, Charles Town, September 3, 1724. Proposed expedition with Catesby, etc.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31346650_0084.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)