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A Bengal Fan, made out of a part of the leaf of the Palm Tree

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

May 22, 1817

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 85

Additional Source Text:

"Deposited by" Whitlow

Notes:

Charles Whitlow (Whitlaw) was a botanist and inventor who came to America from Great Britain in 1794. By 1809 he was a nurseryman in New York City, selling shrubs and fruit trees imported from London. Jefferson Papers, Founders Online, National Archives / https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-04-02-0333 ; J. Leander Bishop, A History of American Manufactures from 1608 to 1860, 2 vols. (Philadelphia, 1868), 2: 181-182