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was resumed on the twenty-first, and on July 13 they reached Franklin, 
then the uppermost town of any importance on the Missouri. Here 
Baldwin was left behind at the house of Dr. Lowry, where he remained 
until his death on August 31. During his stay in Franklin Baldwin 
botanized as much as his limited strength would permit, and entries 
were made in his diary as late as August 8, the date of the last entry. 
A list of plants found around Franklin by him during this time attests 
the earnestness with which he pursued his beloved science. The 
journals of the expedition show that he collected about one hundred 
species in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri to Franklin. 
His companions all unite in praise of his devotion to science and his 
persistence under such extremely trying circumstances. Notwithstand- 
ing his extensive travels and his earnest study of the botany of several 
different sections of this country and of South America, he published 
but little. Two short articles, presented for publication just before 
starting with the expedition, are all that are known to have been pub- 
lished by him. He left numerous manuscripts and notes which have 
aided Torrey and Gray in their work on the flora of America. His her- 
barium was extensive and very valuable, and has contributed much to 
the works of Pursh and Nuttall. Baldwin also contributed to Muhlen- 
berg’s catalogue, and he maintained an active correspondence with many 
of the foremost botanists of his day. Nuttall has honored him by 
naming a genus of the Composite Baldwiniana, and has thus connected 
him in a most permanent manner with that science to which he so 
earnestly devoted himself. 
he Long expedition proceeded and on September 17 went into 
winter quarters near Council Bluffs. Major Long meanwhile went east, 
and on his return brought with him Dr. Edwin James, who had been 
appointed to take the place of Dr. Baldwin. . 
Edwin James? was born in Weybridge, Vermont, on August 27, si 
1797. Edwin was the youngest son of Deacon Daniel James, who was 
a native of Rhode Island, and had moved to Vermont at the beginning 
of the Revolution. In youth he was very industrious and applied him- 
self to his studies with perseverance. His education was obtained at 
the district school, and later he attended Middlebury College, where he 
graduated in 1816. Subsequently he studied medicine with his elder 
brother in Albany, New York, for three years. During this time he 
became interested in botany and the natural sciences, which were then 
being taught by Professor Amos Eaton. Upon the recommendations of 
Captain Lewis Le Conte and Dr. John Torrey he was appointed to the 
place left vacant by the death of Dr. Baldwin. The trip with Major 
* Thwaites, R. G., “Early Western Travels,” Vol. 15. 
Parry, C. C., Amer. Jour. Sci. and Arts, 2d series, 33: 428-430, 1862. 
Sargent, C. S., “ Silva of North America,” 2: 96, 1891 
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