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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



Balbi (A.) — Continued. 

 Paul Reuouard, Rue Gareucierc, N" 5. 

 F.-S.-G. 



73 uununiborcd 11. folio.— Tableau polyglotto 

 dcs larigues amuricaines, plate xli, contains a 

 vocabulary of twenty-six words of a niimbor of 

 languages, among them the Muskohgoe and 

 Choktal). 



Copies seen: A.stor, British Museum, Con- 

 gress, Powell, "Watkinson. 



Priced by Lcelcic, 1878, No. 2044, 30 fr. Sold 

 attlie Murphy .sale. No. 130*, for $3.50. Maison- 

 nenve ot Leclerc, 1888 cat., p. 43, price it 10 fr. 



Ballard (Rev. Edward). See School- 

 craft (H. R.) and Trumbull (J. H.) 



Bancroft: This word following a title or within 

 parentheses after a note indicates that a copy 

 of the work referred to has been seen by the com- 

 piler in the library of Mr. If. H. Bancroft, San 

 Francisco, Cal. 



Harnett (Chailos). See Robertson (W. 

 S.) and Win.slett(D.) 



Barnwell (David). Methodi.st discipline. 

 Section V. 1158. Of the church con- 

 ference. (Translated into the Creek 

 language hy David Barnwell.) 



In Our Brother ii^ Red, vol. 5, no. 12, pp. 4-5, 

 Mnskogcc, Ind. T. August, 1887, 4°. 

 Occupies nearly two columns. 



Barton (Benjamin Smith), New views | 

 of the I origin | of the | tribes and na- 

 tions I of I America. | By Benjamin 

 Smith Barton, M. D. | correspondent- 

 member [&c. ten lines]. | 



Philadelphia: | printed, for the an- 

 thor, I by John Biorcn. | 1797. 



Pp. i-xii, i-cix, 1-83, 8^. — Comparative vocab- 

 ulary of 54 words of a number of Indian lan- 

 guages, including the Muskohge, Chikkasah, 

 and Choktah (.all from Adair), pp. 2-79. 



Copies seen : Boston Athrna-uni, British Mu- 

 seum, Congress. 



At the Field sale, No. 106, a h.alf-morocco, 

 uncut copy, brought $3 ; at theBrinley sale. No. 

 5359, a half-calf, large, tine copy, brought $9; 

 the Murphy copy, half-calf, No. 183, brought 

 $5.50. 



Second edition, corrected and enlarged, as 

 follows : 



New views | of the | origin | of the | 



tribes and nations | of | America. | By 

 Benjamin Smith Barton, M. D. | corre- 

 spondent-member [&c. ten lines]. | 



Philadelphia: | printed, for the an- 

 thor, I by John Bioren. \ 1798. 



Title as above reverse bl.ank 1 1. pp. i-eix, 

 1-133, a])pendix i)p. 1- 32, 8°. — Ling\iistics as 

 .above, pp. 2-133. 



Copies seen: Astor, British Museum, Con- 

 gress. Fames, Wisconsin Historical Society. 



Barton (B. S.) — Continued. 



A copy at the Field sale, No. 107, brought $8. 

 Leclerc, 1878, No. 809, prices an uncut copy 40 

 fr. At tlic Murphy sale, No. 184, ahalf-morocco 

 copy brought $9.50. 



Keviewed and extracts given in The Port- 

 Folio, vol. 7, pp. 507-52G, Philadelphia, 1811, 8°. 

 (Congress.) 



Benjamin Smith Barton, physici.an, born in 

 Lancaster, Pa., February 10, 1700; died in Phila- 

 delphi.a. Pa., December 19, 1815. After a course 

 of general studies under Dr. Andrews, at York, 

 Pa., he followed the instruction given at the 

 Philadelphia College, now TJiiiversity of Penn- 

 sylvania. Then during 178G-'88 ho studied 

 medicine and the natural sciences in Edinburgh 

 and London, and received his medical degree 

 from the University of Giittingon, Germany. 

 On his return he settled in Philadelphia, where 

 he soon acquired an extensive and lueralive 

 practice. In 1789 bo was appointed professor 

 of natural history and botany, and in 1705 of 

 materia mediea in the college of Philadelphia. 

 In 1813 he succeeded Dr. Benjamin Rush as 

 professor of the theory and \ ractice of medicine 

 in the University of Penu.sylvania. IIo was 

 elected president of the Philadelphia Medical 

 Society in 1809, and was some time vice-presi- 

 dent of the American Philosophical Society, 

 .and also a member of many other American 

 and European societies. IIo contributed nu 

 merous papers to the "Transactions of the 

 American Philosophical Society," and to the 

 "Medical and Physical Journ.al," which was 

 published by him. His most important works 

 are: " Observatious on Some Parts of Natural 

 History " (London, 1787) ; " Now Views on the 

 Origin of tho Tribes of America" (1797); 

 " Elements of Botany," Philadelphia, 1803, 2d 

 cd., 2 vols., 1812-14; an edition of Cullcn's 

 " Materia Mediea;" "Eulogy on Dr. Priestley ;" 

 "Discourse on the Principal Desiderata of 

 Natural History" (Philadelphia, 1807); and 

 "CoHectiims toward a Materia Mediea of tho 

 United States" (3ded., Philadolphi.a, 1810).— 

 Appleton's Cyclop, of Am. Biog. 



Bartram (William). Travels ] through | 

 North & South Carolina, | Georgia, | 

 east & west Florida, | the Cherokee 

 country, the extensive | territories of 

 the Muscogulges, | or Creek confeder- 

 acy, and the ] country of the Chactaws ; 

 I containing | an account of the soil 

 and natural | productions of those re- 

 gions, toge- I ther with observations on 

 the I manners of the Indians. | Embel- 

 lished with copper-plates. | By William 

 Bartram. | 



Philadelphia : | Printed by James & 

 Johnson, i M,DCC,XCI [1791]. 



Title 1 1. contents, introduction, &c. pp. 1- 

 xxxiv, text pp. 1-522, 8°.— Lists of the towns 



