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at Marshallton with both native and exotic plants. This was the second botanical garden in the United States, the first having been established by John Bartram. As late as 1849, many of the plants still survived, although neglect had turned the garden into a wilderness.
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A Few Observations concerning Christ, or the Eternal Word: briefly shewing that he is the fountain of divine wisdom, the purifier of the heart, and the illuminator of every truly enlightened understanding,
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It appears Humphrey Marshall was a slaveholder. This research paper Slavery-in-the-Greater-Philadelphia-copyedited-Jan-2024.pdf case #16 mentions Negro Abraham Johnson, slave of Humphrey Marshall.
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Marshall's first wife died in 1786; he married Margaret Minshall in 1788. He had no children by either wife. In his later years, he was partly blinded by
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On June 27, 2007 — proclaimed Humphry Marshall Day by West Chester mayor Dick Yoder — a marker honoring the park's namesake was unveiled.
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Arbustrum Americanum: The American Grove, an Alphabetical Catalogue of Forest Trees and Shrubs, Natives of the American United States
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https://lowermerionhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Slavery-in-the-Greater-Philadelphia-copyedited-Jan-2024.pdf
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established the Marshall Square Park in his honor. Marshall Square Park is four miles east of Marshallton.
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from John Bartram. In 1767 he came into the possession of the family estate, and in 1773 he created a
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Marshall received the rudiments of an English education, and was apprenticed to the business of a
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and trustee of the public loan office. In 1768, he was elected a member of the
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American Philosophical Society Archives. Appleton's entry is incorrect.
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Pennsylvania Register of Historic Sites and Landmarks (August 1971).
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Index

Humphrey Marshall (disambiguation)
Marshallton, Pennsylvania
Dendrology
Author abbrev. (botany)
botanist

Humphry Marshall House
National Historic Landmark
Derbydown Homestead
Marshallton, Pennsylvania
West Bradford Township
John Bartram
William Bartram
Quaker
stonemason
natural history
botany
botanical garden
Chester County
American Philosophical Society
cataracts
Dendrology
Marshallia
Borough of West Chester
author abbreviation
citing
botanical name
"National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania"
the original
"Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Derbydown Homestead"

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