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Bartram, John, neglect by students of 

 American cultural history, 1 ; dates 

 of birth and death, 2; establishes 

 botanical garden, 2; membership in 

 Royal Societies, 2; legend of his 

 manner of becoming a naturalist, 

 3-4; eminence in medicine, 4; as a 

 naturalist, 5; publishes Observa- 

 tions and preface, notes, and ap- 

 pendix to Dr. Short's Medicina Br:- 

 tannica, 5 ; appointed royal botanist, 

 5; publishes Description of East 

 Florida, etc., 5; his extensive corre- 

 spondence, 6; advice to his son, 8; 

 death, 1 1 ; religious views, 14 ; 

 views on negro slavery, 16, 18; 

 books he read, 19; his personality 

 compared with that of his son, 22; 

 his views on astrology and magic, 

 23; on his loss of a shipment of 

 plants, 24; his compassion toward 

 animals and insects, 49; his attitude 

 toward Indians, 6A ; letter to Collin- 

 son on William Bartram's urge to 

 be a planter, 71; exhortation to his 

 children, 113; as stylist, 122. 



Bartram, William, dates and place of 

 birth and death, 1 ; ancestry, 1, 

 1-2 K ; writes article on his father, 

 4; influenced by father's garden, 6, 

 9; journey with his father to the 

 Catskills, 6; his studies, 6-7, 111; 

 his talent as a painter, 7, 32 and 

 k; mechanical skill of, 8; a mer- 

 chant and trader, 8; accompanies 

 father on Southern expedition, 8-9; 

 condition as an indigo-planter on 

 the St. Johns River, 9; works as a 

 farm hand, 10; embarkation on 

 Southern travels and return, 10; 

 offered appointment at the Univer- 

 sity of Pennsylvania and other hon- 

 ors, 1 1 ; declines to follow Alex- 

 ander Wilson on ornithological ex- 

 pedition, 1 1 ; invited to serve on 

 Lewis & Clarke expedition, 12; 

 recommends Alexander Wilson for 

 Louisiana expedition, 12; elected to 

 membership in Philadelphia Acade- 

 my of Natural Sciences, 12; cause 

 of his death, 12; his scientific in- 

 terests, 13, 61; his assistance to 

 Alexander Wilson, 13; tributes to 

 his father in " Some Account of the 

 Late Mr. John Bartram " and in the 

 Travels, 15; his views on slavery, 



15-17; his reading, 19-21, 112; his 

 classical references, 21; his person- 

 ality compared with that of his 

 father, 22; declines oflfer of Sir 

 Joseph Banks, 23; defends the 

 study of natural science, 24; his 

 modesty and simplicity, 26, 61; his 

 curiosity, 26-8; his accomplish- 

 ments in geology and ornithology, 

 28-9; his piety, 29-30; attitude of 

 Indians towards, 31; his practical 

 abilities, 32; on foods, 32-3; his 

 letter to Dr. James Bartram, 33, 113, 

 201-3; his religious views, 34; on 

 man's imperfections, 35-6; his atti- 

 tude towards nature, 38, 40, 41, 48, 

 115, 174-5; his calendar of sea- 

 sonal phenomena, 40-1; his theory 

 of volition in vegetables, 43 ; " An- 

 ectodes of an American Crow," 

 43-4; his compassion towards ani- 

 mals, 50-2; his description of In- 

 dians in a state of nature, 54, 57; 

 distinction between his manner and 

 his matter, 57-63; cited as ethno- 

 logical authority, 59-60; "Answers 

 to Queries about Indians " and "Ob- 

 servations on the Creek and Chero- 

 kee Indians," 60 and »; his atti- 

 tude towards Indians, 64-5 ; extent 

 of his interest in Indians, 65-6; his 

 account of Indians compared with 

 those of Lawson and Carver, 67; 

 summary of his contribution to our 

 knowledge of the Indian, 68; his 

 impressions of the South, 71; his 

 Southern itinerary, 72-6; his ill- 

 ness, 75-6; descriptions of camping 

 places, 77-8; three types of Bar- 

 tram's observations, 80; description 

 of animals and insects, 89-95 ; de- 

 scription of fishes, 95-6; summary 

 of his landscape elements, 99-100; 

 his rhapsodic descriptions, 102-3, 

 106; his notation of sense impres- 

 sions, 103-6; his knowledge of 

 paintings, 107-9; his diction, 110- 

 16; his narrative ability, 116-22; 

 summary of, as a literary artist, 123; 

 his influence on literature, general, 

 127-8, 176; influence on Coleridge, 

 128-49, 176; influence on William 

 Wordsworth, 149-76; influence on 

 Dorothy Wordsworth, 176-8; in- 

 fluence on Robert Southey, 178-81 ; 

 influence on William Lisle Bowles, 



