Bahamas, 1903-1905, [specimen Numbers for Seven Collecting Expeditions].

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Field notes Vol. 43 documents seven botanical collecting expeditions in the Bahamas in 1903-1905. The first page of the notebook contains a table of contents listing each expedition and its page numbers in the notebook. 1. William Chambers Coker, Geographical Society of Baltimore expedition, 1903. List of specimen numbers 1-576. Entries include genus and species, and many have location. 2. New York Botanical Garden expedition led by Nathaniel Lord Britton to New Providence Island, April 1904. List of specimen numbers 1-158. Entries include genus and species, and location. 3. Charles Frederick Millspaugh, Field Columbian Museum expedition, April 9-16, 1904. List of specimen numbers 2248-2434. Entries include genus and species, and location. 4. Nathaniel Lord Britton, Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, and Lewis Jones Knight Brace, New York Botanical Garden expedition to New Providence Island, August-September 1904. List of specimen numbers 159-873. Entries include genus and species, and location. 5. George Valentine Nash and Norman Taylor, New York Botanical Garden expedition to Inagua and Little Inagua, October-November 1904. List of specimen numbers 874-1474. Entries include genus and species, and location. 6. Lewis Jones Knight Brace, New York Botanical Garden expedition to Abaco, December 1904-January 1905. List of specimen numbers 1475-2086. Entries include genus and species, and location. 7. Nathaniel Lord Britton and Charles Frederick Millspaugh, New York Botanical Garden and Field Museum cruise, 1905. List of specimen numbers 2087-3026. Entries include genus and species, and location. A pocket on the inside back cover contains a printed map of the Bahama Islands and a handwritten list of specimen numbers 728, 740, 714, 604. This list was likely compiled in the NYBG Herbarium; the original field notes for Britton specimen numbers 1-158 can be found in Field notes Vol. 174, 159-873 and 2085-2741 in Field notes Vol. 159, and 2742-3026 in Field notes Vol. 160. The original field notes for Brace specimen numbers 1475-2084 can be found in Field notes Vol. 163. The original field notes for Nash and Taylor specimen numbers 874-1474 can be found in Field notes Vol. 175.