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William Halsteed, Captain ( - fl. c. 1703)

Sea captain and ship-master frequenting South Carolina (Stearns, 359 and passim). He recruited specimen collectors for Petiver and "reported on the welfare, health and collecting activities of Petiver’s correspondents in the colony" (Murphy, 11). In Musei Petiveriani, Petiver refers to him as his friend Major William Halstead. Relationships: William Halsteed was a correspondent of James Petiver (c. 1665-Apr 1718)

Joseph Lord (1672-1748) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of William Halsteed
Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - James Petiver: promoter of natural science, c.1663–1718.
as Mentions or references - James Petiver's 'Kind Friends' and 'Curious Persons' in the Atlantic World: Commerce, Colonialism, and Collecting.
as Mentions or references - Musei Petiveriani centuria prima [-decima], rariora naturæ continens: viz. animalia, fossilia, plantas, ex variis mundi plagis advecta, ordine digesta, et nominibus propriis signata. A Jacobo Petiver.
 References in Documents:
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 840. Pectunculus Carolinianus ovalis albus politus. an P. lævis aut certè admodum tenuiter striates tenuis margine dentata flavescens & interdum purpurascens List. H. C. l. 3. Tab. 249. Fig. 83. Major Halstead brought me these from Carolina. The Reverend Mr. Stonestreet hath also given it me from Jamaica.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 31. Madam WILLIAMS. This Gentlewoman, tho altogether a Stranger, was to kind as to send me several Curious Insects, especially Burterflies, which she had observed about her Residence in Carolina. These my hearty Friend Major WILLIAM HALSTEAD brought me with several Curiosities of his own collecting, as Plants, Shells &c.