Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
April 28, 1789
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale to Samuel Latham Mitchill, 28 Apr 1789. Selected Papers, 1: 559
Notes:
These may have been teeth of the manatee, known from Ice Age (actually interglacial) coastal deposits in the mid-Atlantic.
Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764-1831) was an American physician, naturalist, and politician. He represented New York in Congress (both House and Senate) 1801-1813.
Peale's Common Name:
Manani
