'A list of articles belonging to Mr Don on board His Majesty's Sloop Pheasant'
Information
Title
'A list of articles belonging to Mr Don on board His Majesty's Sloop Pheasant'
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
RHS/Col/2/3/14
Date
c.1823
Scope & content
List of George Don's belongings on HMS Pheasant numbered 1-25
This item was previously enclosed in RHS/Col/2/1/3; it was removed during cataloguing and placed with RHS/Col/2/3/1-14
Includes 'box containing insects', 'case of bottles containing fruits', 'bag containing palm nuts, two or three sorts, with one fruit of Lecythus grandiflora [Eschweilera grandiflora]', 'box containing live plants from the island of St Thomas [Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe], the most of which were killed with the frost of New York [United States of America]' and 'bag of dried plants from various places' [here the list includes 20 more items]
For another version of the list in George Don's journal, c.Feb 1823, see RHS/Col/2/1/5