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White Rat's skin shot near Burlington. N. Jersey

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

June 13, 1821

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 114

Notes:

A. R. Perkins had tried to procure a living example of this animal for the Museum "but the person in whose possession it is at present does not like to part with it," so he sent the skin instead, adding, "I rather think you will receive the living one before long." Perkins to RuP, 11 June 1821; Selected Papers 4: 57-58

Specimen Type:

Skins