Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791-approximately 1947. Letters from James MacBride to Stephen Elliott, 1811-1812 September 3. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

Correspondence from physician and botanist James MacBride (1784-1817), of Princeville and Charleston, South Carolina, to Elliott, dated 1811 to September 3, 1812. In a letter dated December 24, 1811, MacBride suggests Elliott expand his planned work on botany to include the medicinal uses of plants. He also mentions his difficulties in procuring a copy of Thomas Walter's (1740?-1789) Flora caroliniana. MacBride thanks Elliott for offering to send him a copy in a letter dated February 10, 1812, and references Elliott's proposed work on botany, writing "Your design of connecting entomology with your flora I applaud highly." Other topics in his 1812 correspondence include the behavior of flies, identification of plants, plants he observed while visiting Clarendon, Virginia, and collection and exchange of botanical specimens.