The John Bargrave Collection
Edmund Bohun ( - 13 Oct 1734)
Son of Edmund Bohun (1645–1699), writer and press licenser, who left England in 1698 to become chief justice of South Carolina, where his son was already established as a merchant. Edmund inherited the family estates after his father's death, returning to England to take up residence in the family seat of Westhall manor (Rix, 129)Bohun and Robert Ellis coordinated in gathering and sending specimens to Petiver (See also Rix, xxv, note‡). In a letter to Petiver, Ellis reported that he had distributed among his acquaintances several codices to fill with specimens, including Bohun, who, he says, "knows very well, who Trades with another Nation of Indians"; "Mr. Bohun asked for ten one-pound pots of Lucatellus Balsam for providing this service" (Maydom, 224). Ellis and Bohun evidently also collected specimens together. Relevant locations: Lived at or near South Carolina
Visited Ashley River
People linked to person: Edmund Bohun was a source of object(s) for Robert Ellis (-fl. c. 1700)
Edmund Bohun was a friend of James Petiver (c. 1665-Apr 1718)
Adam Buddle (bap. 1662-1715) was a friend of Edmund Bohun
Robert Ellis (-fl. c. 1700) was a source of object(s) for Edmund Bohun