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Two plants in bottles with Spirits

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

September 1777

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 25v

Notes:

Possibly from Jamaica.

The donor, Andrew Caldwell (1722-1788), was a Philadelphia merchant who during the Revolution commanded the Pennsylvania Navy which repelled the British ships Roebuck and Liverpool (Memorial to Commodore John Barry [Philadelphia, 1907], p. 3).