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A White Mouse (alive) having black eyes

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