Source Citations for William Bartram

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Source Citations

book-encyclopedia-brittanica-15-1979: Encyclopædia Britannica, 15th ed., Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 1979.

book-natures-of-john-and-william-bartram-1996: Thomas P. Slaughter, The Natures of John and William Bartram; New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996, ISBN 0-679-43045-8 [Biography of John and William Bartram.]

Source Reference Details

Name Details

book-natures-of-john-and-william-bartram-1996:

Reference Detail: Page 3.

Comment Detail: Source includes name (William [Bartram]).

Birth Details

book-natures-of-john-and-william-bartram-1996:

Reference Detail: Page 3.

Comment Detail: Source includes date (9 day of the 2nd month ... April 9 as Darby Meeting reckoned dates in 1739). This also aligns with the statements on the same page that he died 22 Jul 1823, and that he may have been buried in the cemetery associated with the Quaker meeting that recorded his and his twin sister's birth more than 84 years earlier.

Death Details

book-natures-of-john-and-william-bartram-1996:

Reference Detail: Pages 3,11

Comment Detail: Source includes date (July 22, 1823) and intimates that he died in his gardens, located in Kingsessing Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Father Details

book-encyclopedia-brittanica-15-1979:

Reference Detail: Micropædia, volume I, page 847, "Bartram, John"

Comment Detail: Source identifies William Bartram as the son of John Bartram. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.

book-natures-of-john-and-william-bartram-1996:

Reference Detail: Page 3, 13.

Comment Detail: Source identifies William [Bartram] as the son of John Bartram. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.

Mother Details

book-natures-of-john-and-william-bartram-1996:

Reference Detail: Page 3.

Comment Detail: Source identifies William [Bartram] as the son of Ann [Bartram]. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.

General Notes Details

book-natures-of-john-and-william-bartram-1996:

Reference Detail: (multiple pages, see note references)

book-encyclopedia-brittanica-15-1979:

Reference Detail: Micropædia, volume I, page 847, "Bartram, John"