"Catalogue of Georgia Birds with Notes"

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: ARCHS-073

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Xerox copy of an original manuscript that documents many species of Georgia birds.

Dates

Created: 1970
Other: Date acquired: 06/03/1981

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Collection is open for research.

Biographical or Historical Information

Abbott was an early American entomologist and ornithologist. He was born in England and came to the American colonies shortly before the revolution. He lived in Screven Country, Savannah, and spent the last years of his life in Bulloch County, Georgia were he died about 1840.

Extent

1 folders

Language

English

Additional Description

Method of Acquisition

This collection was donated to the Augusta Richmond County Historical Society on 06/03/1981. Acc# 1981.06

Existence and Location of Originals

The Univeristy of Georgia's Hargrett Special Collections library currently houses the original journal. Link: https://sclfind.libs.uga.edu/catalog/ms1654

Please contact them for more information.