Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
May 26, 1791
Primary Source Reference:
Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 26 May 1791
Additional Source Text:
Also listed in the General Advertiser (Philadelphia), 26 May 1791; Independent Gazetteer (Philadelphia), 28 May 1791; Osborne's New-Hampshire Spy, 8 Jun 1791; and Maryland Gazette (Annapolis), 9 June 1791
Notes:
This is the earliest record of the acquisition of a white mouse. Other donations came on 14 Aug 1811 from H. B. Pennock; on 4 Dec 1819 from Henry Mercken; on 13 Feb 1821 from Joseph Cornman; and on 28 Aug 1822 from Miss Henrietta Lewis. Accessions Book, pp. 56, 100, 105, 121
Peale's Common Name:
White mouse
