Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
August 28, 1821
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 115
Additional Source Text:
The donation came "through Dr. Benjamin Rush."
Notes:
Benjamin Chew Wilcocks (1776-1845) was a Philadelphia trader long resident in Canton, China, and the third U.S. consul there. He was influential in developing the American trade in opium to Canton through Turkey and India. Paul A. Van Dyke, ed., Americans and Macao: Trade, Smuggling, and Diplomacy on the South China Coast [Hong Kong, 2012], pp. 73-94
