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E. E. Brown 
Writing to Mrs. Daniel in April 1853 Baird clearly referred to the 
specimen of H. andersoni : “I send today a copy of our serpent book 
which I trust you will look over with interest. You will see by the frequent 
reference to Anderson how valuable your contributions have been. 
“We are now at work on the frogs and other Batrachians and 
already have some things from Anderson. In particular there is one tree 
frog, the only one I ever saw, entirely new, but which, unfortunately, was 
so much rubbed as to be defaced. It appears to have been slender, and 
quite smooth above; perhaps green or olive, with a great number of small 
round yellowish spots on the legs. Please catch, and have caught, all the 
tree frogs in the country, so as to secure more of this.” 
In October 1853 Baird again inquired about the frog. Mrs. Daniel’s 
letters to Baird in 1853-54 do not indicate that she remembered the 
specific frog in question. To my knowledge, neither Paine nor Daniel left 
any helpful diary or catalogue of collections. 
The situation of Paine and Daniel at Anderson was a confining one, 
with virtually no opportunity for travel. In journeying from Pennsylvania 
to Anderson they came to Charleston by sea. The 135 mile railroad, said 
to have been the longest in the world when completed in 1833, came in 
from Charleston to Hamburg (just across the Savannah River from 
Augusta) (Phillips 1908). Its branch to Columbia was finished in 1842. 
The extension from there to Anderson was not completed until 1853, 
hence is not significant here. I am not certain about the late 1840s, but in 
the early days of the trip to Hamburg a traveller came in 90 miles to 
Blackville, then stopped for the night. At the edge of Blackville the 
railroad crossed an interesting “Carolina bay”. Its frog fauna includes 
Rana grylio, but I did not find Hyla andersoni there. 
Charlotte Paine stated that travel from the Augusta area to Ander- 
son was by wagon, or possibly by stage if a person were travelling light. 
She did not mention the route of travel, but rather hazy maps in Colton 
(1856) and Simms (1843) suggest that at least three were possible: 1) to 
Edgefield, then Abbeville and Anderson; 2) a route nearer the Savannah 
River, toward Calhoun’s Mill (apparently on Little River at the upper 
edge of present McCormick County) and then to Abbeville and Ander- 
son; 3) up the west side of the Savannah, crossing at then existent 
Petersburg or Vienna (just above the confluence with Broad River), 
thence to Calhoun’s Mill, Abbeville and Anderson. 
Mrs. Daniel occasionally visited friends or in-laws in Union district, 
apparently at or near Pacolet Mills in the edge of present Spartanburg 
County. However, this would have been only during December or 
January. 
The school at Anderson operated on two five-month terms, one 
from early February through June, and the other from early July through 
November. Commencement came in late July, followed by one week of 
“recreation”. December and January were the chief vacation period. 
