> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 132](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120263) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/520-1) LSID 520-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18243) QID Q18243 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Bartram, William (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author ### Author Bartram, William (1739-1823), American botanist at Philadelphia, son of John Bartram. **Abbreviated name**: *W. Bartram* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.Bartram*\] #### Herbarium and types The only plants collected by William Bartram that are known to be extant are in the general herbarium of [[Collection BM|BM]]. It is questionable whether they constitute his original herbarium. There may be some William Bartram specimens at [[Collection UPS|UPS]] in the Thunberg herbarium. The original manuscript and 53 drawings of the plants and animals are in [[Collection BM|BM]]. *Ref*.: IH 2: 58. - Hist. Coll. BMNH 132-133. 1904. - Ewan, Year Book Amer. philos. Soc. 1965: 522-525. #### Bibliography and biography AG (2): 52-53; Barnhart p. 133; BB p. 23; BM 1: 105; Bossert p. 27; CSP 1: 200-201; HU 722; Kew 1: 173; ME 1: 163-164, 3: 535; Plesch p. 135; PR 447; Zander ed. 10, p. 632. - Ord. \[?\], Cabinet of Natural History and Amer. rural Sports 2: i-vii. 1832 (portr.) - Darlington, Memorials of John Bartram and Humphry Marshall. Philadelphia 1849. - Youmans, Pioneers of science in America 24-39. 1896. - Haishberger, Bot. Philadelphia 86-91, 440. 1899. - Wittrock, Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 177. 1903, 3(3): 192. 1905. - Morris, Cassinia 10: 1-9. 1906 (portr.) - Fox, Fothergill 185. 1919. - Anon., An account of the Bartram garden Philadelphia published in "The Horticulturist" in 1850, revised and corrected by the author... 1864. Reprinted Philadelphia 1929. - Barnhart, Bartonia 12, special issue p. 51-67. 1931 (bibl. q.v. for all earlier publications by and relating to both John and William Bartram and the Bartram garden). - Kelly and Burrage, American medical biographies 70-71. 1920. - Anon. \[Witmer Stone\], Two hundredth anniversary of the founding of the first botanic garden in the American colonies by John Bartram, June 5-6. 1931. Philadelphia 1931. - Stone, Bartonia 12, special issue p. 19-23. 1931. - True, Bartonia 12, special issue p. 7-19. 1931. - Fagin, William Bartram interpreter of the American landscape. Baltimore 1933. - Harper and Leeds, Bartonia 19: 1-3. - Earnest, John and William Bartram, botanists and explorers. Philadelphia 1940. - Harper, Libr. Bull. Amer. philos. Soc. 1945: 27-38. 1946 (proposals for publishing B's Travels). - Haiper, Proc. Amer. philos. Soc. 97: 571-577. 1953. - Herbst, New Green World, London, New York 1954, 272 p. - Harper, Travels of William Bartram. Naturalist's edition. New Haven 1958 (extensive commentary and annotated index). - Randall, Bull. Appalachian State Teachers' College 1963: 13-17. - Sutton, A & M., Exploring the Bartrams. Chicago 1963. - Graustein, Thomas Nuttall 461. 1967. - Ewan, William Bartram. Philadelphia 1968. - Berkeley and Berkeley, Dr. Alexander Garden of Charles Town 371. 1969. - Coats, The plant hunters 166, 274-276, 292. 1969. - Wilbur, J. Elisha Mitch. Sci. Soc. 87(2): 56-71. 1971 (on binomials). - Stafleu, *in* Daniels and Stafleu, Taxon 23(4): 462. 1974 (portr.) #### Eponymy For eponyms based on the name Bartram, cf. supra, sub J. Bartram. #### Note For information on William Bartram (ca. 1673-ca. 1711), giandfather of William (1739-1823) and father of John Bartram (1699-1777) see West, Pennsylvania geneal. Mag. 20: 253-255. 1956-57. ### Publications ##### n.329. Travels through North and South Carolina **Title** *Travels through North and South Carolina*, Georgia East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the extensive territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the country of the Chactaws; containing an account of the soil and natural productions of those regions, together with observations on the manners of the Indians. Embellished with copper-plates. Philadelphia (James and Johnson) 1791. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Travels Carolina*. **Notes** The various editions are listed here in accordance with Barnhart (1931). 1. *First edition*: 1791, probably autumn (p. ii: 26 Aug 16th year of the Republic), p. \[i\*-ii\*\], \[i\]-xxxiv, \[1\]-522, frontispiece, *7* unnumbered *plates*, map. (page nos. 265, 266 omitted, 289, 290 duplicated. Plates inserted in various positions). *Copies*: HH, NY (added: type-written index to binomials by Merrill). – For the validity of Bartram's binomials see Rickett (who considers them not validly published) and Merrill (who lists those which are, in his opinion, validly published). Ewan (1968) supports Merrill's viewpoint. See also Wilbur 1971. 1a. *First London edition*. 1792, Oct. "*Travels*... regions; together... by William Bartram." Philadelphia:... 1791. London: reprinted for J. Johnson... 1792, p. \[i\]-xxiv, \[1\]520, \[1-11, index\], \[1, err.\] 1, \[1, dir. binder\], frontsipiece, *pl. 1-7*, map. *Copies*: BR, HH, NY. 1b. *Dublin edition*. 1793. Oct. "*Travels...* Chactaws. Containing... regions; together ... Bartram." Dublin (J. Moore, W. Jones, R. M'Allister and J. Rice) 1793, p. \[i\]-xxiv, \[1\]-520, index \[i-xi\], \[1, binder\], frontispiece, *pl. 1-7*, map. *Copy*: US. 1c. *Second London edition*. 1794. Oct. "*Travels...* Chactaws. Containing... regions; together... Bartram. The second edition in London. Philadelphia... 1791. London: reprinted... 1794, " p. \[i\]-xxiv, \[1\]-520, index \[i-vi, vii errata\], frontispiece, *pl. 1-7*, map. *Copy*: NY. 1d. *Macy-Masius ed*. 1928. Oct. *The travels of William Bartram* \[New York\]. 1928. Macy-Masius: publishers, p. 1-414 \[not illustrated\]. Reissued New York 1940, edited by Mark van Doren; reissued 1955, with 13 illustrations from the original edition, Dover Publications (T 13). *Copy*: FAS. 1e. *Harper ed*. 1958. Oct. *The travels of William Bartram*, naturalist's edition, New Haven (Yale University Press). Annotated edition with bibliography, maps and photographs taken on points of the original itinerary. Francis Harper; p. \[i\]-lxi, map, 1-727, \[728-732 maps\], *pl. 1-29*, map. *Copies*: McVaugh, NY. 1f. *Beehive Press ed*. 1973. Oct. *Travels... Florida* by William Bartram \[.\] A facsimile of the 1792 London edition embellished with its nine original plates, also seventeen additional illustrations and an introduction by Gordon De Wolf. Savannah Georgia (The Beehive Press) s.d. \[1973\]. (intr. by De Wolf p. v-xx). *Copy*: Ewan. 2. *German translation*. William Bartram's Reisen durch Nord- und Süd-Karolina, Georgien, Ost- und West-Florida, das Gebiet der Tscherokesen, Krihks und Tschaktahs, nebst umständlichen Nachrichten von den Einwohnern, dem Boden und den Naturprodukten dieser wenig bekannten grossen Länder. Aus dem Englischen. Mit erläuternden Anmerkungen von E. A. W. Zimmermann, Hofrath und Professor in Braunschweig. Mit Kupfern. Berlin (Vossische Buchhandlung) 1793. Oct., p. \[i\]-xxvi, \[1\]-469, *pl. 1-8. Copy*: NY. 2a. *German translation*: William Bartram's Reisen durch Nord- und Süd-Karolina... *in*: Magzin von merkwürdigen neuen Reisebeschreibungen vols. 19 and 20, Wien 1793, p. \[i\]-xxxix, \[1\]-404 and \[i-viii\], \[1\]-427. *Copy*: HH. 3. *Dutch translation*: Reizen door Noord- en Zuid-Carolina, Georgia, Oost- en West-Florida; de landen der Cherokees, der Mucogulges, of het Creek bondgenootschap en het land der Chactaws. Door William Bartram. Uit het Engelsch vertaald door J. D. Pasteur. Haarlem (François Bohn) \[1796-1798\]. Oct. Part \[1\]: Apr 1796, p. \[i\]-xxvi, \[i-ii\], \[1\]-226, map; part \[2\]: Mai 1796, p. \[i-iv\], \[227\]-500; part \[3\]: Sep 1798, p. \[iii-x\], 501-696. *Copies*: HH, MO. – The Library of Congress has an issue in one volume. 4. *French translation*: Voyage dans les parties sud de l'Amérique septentrionale; savoir: les Carolines septentrionale et méridionale, la Georgie, les Florides orientale et occidentale, le pays des Cherokées, le vaste territoire des Muscogulges ou de la confédération Creek, et le pays des Chactaws; contenant des détails sur le sol et les productions naturelles de ces contrées, et des observations sur les moeurs des sauvages qui les habitent. Par Williams \[sic\] Bartram. Imprimé à Philadelphie, en 1791, et à Londres, en 1792, et trad. de l'angl. par P. V. Benoist. Paris (Carteret et Brosson; Dugour et Durand), 2 vols., an VII \[1799\]. Oct. *Vol. 1*: \[i\], front., \[iii\], \[1\]-457, \[1, err.\], *pl. 1-2. Copies*: HU, NO, NY. *Vol. 2.* \[i\], \[iii\], \[1\]-436, \[1, err.\], *pl. 3. Copies*: HU, MO, NY. *Re-issue*: Paris, an ix \[1801\] (n.v.). *Ref*.: BM 1: 105; HU 722 (London ed. 1792); Jackson p. 354; Kew 1: 173; PR 447; IDC 5835. - Darlington, Reliquiae Baldwinianae 52 passim. 1843. - Coues, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1875: 338-358. - Barnhart, Bartonia special issue p. 55-57. 1931. - Fagin, William Bartram, Interpreter of the American landscape. Baltimore. 1933. - Harper, Trans. Amer. philos. Soc. ser. 2. 33: 121-242. tt. 1-26. 1943; Bartonia 21: 6-8. 1942, 22: 3. 1943; Proc. Amer. philos. Soc. 97: 571-577. 1953. - Rickett, Rhodora 46: 389-391. 1944. - Rickett, NAF 28 B (2): 319. 1945. - Merrill, Amer. Fern J. 35: 23-25. 1945. - Merrill, Bartonia 23: 10-35. 1945, Chron. bot. 10: 377-385. 1946. - Sutton, A. & M., Exploring the Bartrams. Chicago 1963. - Ewan, William Bartram. Philadelphia 1968. - Ewan, Actes XI Congr. Int. Hist. Sci. 5: 55-57. 1968. - Stafleu, Taxon 18: 443-445. 1969. - Wilbur, J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 87(2): 56-73. 1971 (on binomials). ##### n.330. Botanical and zoological drawings **Title** *Botanical and zoological drawings*, 1756-1788. Reproduced from the Fothergill Album in the British Museum (Natural History). Edited with an introduction and commentary by Joseph Ewan. The American Philosophical Society. Philadelphia 1968. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. zool. draw.* **Notes** *Editor*: Joseph Andorfer Ewan (1909-x). *Publ*.: December 1968. – p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-180, *60 pl*. (20 in colour). *Copy*: FAS. *Ref*.: Kew 1: 173. - Stafleu, Taxon 18: 443-445. 1969. - Zirkle, Science 685-686. 1969.