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William Bartram
| April 20, 1739 |
William Bartram born, Kingsessing, Pennsylvania
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William Bartram |
| September 4, 1765 |
John and William Bartram arrive in Savannah.
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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William Bartram |
| September 24, 1765 |
John and William Bartram dine with Royal Governor James Wright
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James Wright |
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William Bartram |
| September 30, 1765 |
Heading south the Bartrams cross the Ogeechee River
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William Bartram |
| October 1, 1765 |
During their stay at Fort Barrington John and William Bartram discover Franklinia, Fevertree, and Ogeechee Lime
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William Bartram |
| October 5, 1765 |
The Bartrams head south from Fort Barrington, following the King's Road to St. Augustine
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William Bartram |
| April 11, 1773 |
William Bartram arrives in Savannah
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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William Bartram |
| April 16, 1773 |
William Bartram leaves Savannah, heading south on the King's Road to Darien
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William Bartram |
| April 24, 1773 |
William Bartram leaves Darien, following the River Road northwest to Fort Barrington
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William Bartram |
| May 1, 1773 |
William Bartram heads to Augusta, Georgia, to participate in meetings with the Creek Indians
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William Bartram |
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Creek Indians |
| June 7, 1773 |
William Bartram leaves Augusta as part of a team sent to survey the "New Purchase"
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William Bartram |
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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| June 21, 1773 |
William Bartram leaves Wrightsboro, heading north to the Tugaloo River
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William Bartram |
| July 3, 1775 |
Heading west to Creek country from Silver Bluff on the Savannah River (near Augusta), William Bartram spends the night at Ocmulgee Old Fields (now Ocmulgee Mounds National Park).
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Creek Indians |
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William Bartram |
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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| January 14, 1776 |
William Bartram returns to Augusta, Georgia
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William Bartram |
| July 14, 1787 |
James Gunn, Abraham Baldwin and James Jackson visit William Bartram's home in Philadelphia
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William Bartram |
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James Jackson |
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Abraham Baldwin |
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James Gunn |
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James Jackson |
| August 26, 1791 |
Bartram's Travels copyrighted
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William Bartram |
| July 22, 1823 |
William Bartram dies, Philadelphia, PA
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William Bartram |
William Bartram, a Quaker who is one of the few Americans to be considered part of The Enlightenment, visited Georgia on two occassions. First with his father John in 1765 and again on his own in 1773.
During his stay he recorded information on plants, animals and people, unknowing giving modern man one of the early glimpses into both the Cherokee and Creek Indians.
William Bartram
Bartram Trail
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