Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
November 1783
Primary Source Reference:
Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 69v
Notes:
The donor, Johann David Schoepf, or Schöpf (1752-1800), was a German botanist, zoologist, and physician. He was in America from 1777 to 1800, serving as the chief surgeon for the Ansbach regiment of Hessian troops and then, following the war, traveling around the new nation, including visits to Philadelphia. He recorded his visit to Du Simitière's Museum in July 1783 (Travels in the Confederation, 1783-1784, ed. Alfred J. Morrison [Philadelphia, 1911], pp. 85--86.
Du Simitière's Common Name:
Cedar of Mount Liban
Du Simitière's Scientific Name:
Cedrus Linn
Current Common Name:
Cedar of Lebanon or Lebanese cedar
Current Scientific Name
Cedrus libani
