Thomas Walter (ca. 1840 Hampshire - January 17, 1789 Charleston SC), British-American botanist, moved to Charleston in 1769. His herbarium was taken to England by John Fraser(see) and purchased by the British Museum of Natural History.
[From
Journal of botany, British and foreign, Vol. 37, November 1899, p. 485:] Unfortunately the [Walter's] herbarium suffered a good deal before it came into the possession of the Museum, and some of Walter's types are absent. It was presented to the Linnean Society in 1849, and was purchased by the Museum at the sale of the Society's surplus collections.
[From
Journal of botany, British and foreign, Vol. 59, March 1921, p. 69:] The herbarium of Thomas Walter, author of the
Flora Caroliniana, is one of the most interesting collections in the Department of Botany. Its history is given in a note, probably in the hand of the younger John Fraser (H. 1799-1852), on the first page of the folio volume containing it : " The Herbarium of Thomas Walter, Esq., of South Carolina, author of the 'Flora Caroliniana,' pub d 1788. Presented May 23, 1849, to the Linnean Society of London, by John Fraser, son of John Fraser, the indefatigable North American Botanical Collector from the years 1786 to 1811, who died in London the latter year." It was purchased by the Department at the sale of the Society's surplus collections in 1863, for the small sum of fifteen shillings. [The article contains further information about the life of Thomas Walter]
