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

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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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69 Iris 6. Iris Lusiana or Chalcedonian Iris with large black & white flower 16. Dwarf narrow leaved Fleur de Lys with a variegated flower.

Lilium 5. Stripe Leaved Lily 6. White Lily striped with purple 16 Red Martagon of Pompony 17. Scarlet Martagon with flowers 19. Yellow Martagon of Constantinople 20. Striped Range Lily

Lychnis 9. The Scarlet Lychnis 11. The double Scarlet Lychnis

Ptarmica 2. Double Pellitory 5. Hoary Spurwort with crested Leaves

Thlaspi 3. Red and white Candy Tuft.

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70 Stramonium 6. Thorn Apple with round, prickly fruit and violet coloured flowers two or three times double

Xiphion 1. Early Persian Iris with variegated flower 9. Narrow leaved bulbous Iris with a large sky blue flower elegantly striped with red

Malva 6. Upright Oriental Mallow with a large beautiful red flower

Martynia 1. Annual hairy vicous Martynia with a roundish leaf, and a large red flower 2. Annual hairy viscous Martynia with a maple leaf & white flower with a long tube

Narcisso Leucojum 3. The Double Snowdrop 4. The Greater Snowdrop or bulbous violet

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[71] Narcissus 39. Cyprus Narcissus 40. Sweet Scented Eastern Daffodil with many double flowers whose outer leaves are white and inner yellow 42. Many flowered Eastern Daffodil with snow white flowers, and a very fragrant Odour 45. White Daffodil with a smaller flower smelling like Jasmine —

Paeonia 4. Female Peony with a large double red flowers 6. Greater Peony with a double whitish flower 7. Portugal Peony with a single Sweet scented flower

Papaver 6. Black double flowered Poppy 8. Double jagged Poppy with beautiful striped flowers 9. Oriental Poppy with a large flower

Aconitum Hyemale 1. Winter Aconite or Wolfs-bane

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72 Alaternoides 2. African Alaternoides with leaves like the heath and white flowers

Althea 5. The large flowered Marsh-Mallow

Amaranthoids 1. The purple Globe Amaranth 2. The White or Silver coloured Globe Amaranth — The Striped Globe Amaranth

Apocynum 8. The upright Dogs.bane with oblong leaves and scarlet flowers, called by some, bastards Ipecacuana. 9. Narrlow leaved Canada Apocynum, with orange coloured flowers.

Aquilegia 8. Doubel variegated Columbine 9. Rose Columbine —

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Aster 1. The Italian blue Starwort 8. Narrow leaved Starwort with flowers like Tripolium 9. Virginian Starwort with leaves like Hysop and large blue flowers with scaly cups 26. 27. China Asters. purple, white, variegated

Astragalus 15. Greatest Hoary upright Milk Vetch, with a stalk flowering from the botton to the top

Balsamina 9. The double large flowered striped Balsamine or immortal Eagle Flower

Bellis 5. The double striped Garden Daizie — The Hen and Chicken Daizie

Buglossum 12. The least sweet scented Candy Bugloss, with an elegant flower of various colours.

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