Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Plantation records. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University. (Stephen Elliott papers)

Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Plantation records. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

Notebook kept by Stephen Elliott recording the names of enslaved people owned by Elliott and his extended family who were given blankets; lists of tools given to carpenters, enslaved people, and overseers; enslaved people obtained at the settlement of the estate of Elliott's father, William Elliott, in 1792, and enslaved people purchased in Savannah, Georgia; and lists of enslaved people Elliott owned in Georgia and South Carolina. There are also records of day labor and contracting for carpentry work on his house, notes on experimental rotation of crops including wheat and corn and notes on his cotton harvest, as well as a list of flowers to be procured from London. Additionally includes instructions for crafting waterproof boots, and there are numbers and equations throughout the notebook that may be associated with accounting or farming.

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List of flowers to be procured from London — Deo volente

Alysson 1. The Alysson of Candia with hoary undulated Leaves Digitalis 9. Shrubby Canary Foxglove with a gold coloured Flower — Elichrysum 8. Eternal Flower with a soft Red Flower 11. Eastern Eternal Flower— Ficoides 39. Diamond Ficoides Geranium 22. African tree Cranesbill with a plain shining mallow Leaf and an elegant scarlet flower 29. African Cranesbill with a vervain Mallow leaf and a deep scarlet flower

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30. African tree Cranes bill with a hairy Ladies Mantle Leaf elegantly striped & red Flowers, commonly called Striped Geranium

Haemanthus 1. Blood flower or African Tulip Hedysarum 1. French Honeysuckle with a delicate Red Flower. Helianthemum 12. Dwarf Cistus with spotted flowers Helleborine 17. Purple bastard Hellebore with tuberous Root Hepatica 2. The double blue Hepatica 3. The single white Hepatica 5. The double Red or peach coloured Hepatica Hesperis 6. Double white Rocket

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