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The hippocampus from Dr. Franklin's collection

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

August 1777

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 22v

Notes:

This object was presumably a sea horse (genus hippocampus).

The donor, Richard Bache (1737-1811), was Benjamin Frankklin's son-in-law.

Du Simitière's Common Name:

Hippocampus

Current Common Name:

Sea horse

Current Scientific Name

Hippocampus