Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
January 7, 1820
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 100
Additional Source Text:
National Gazette and Literary Register (Philadelphia), 28 Aug 1821 provides donor's name.
Notes:
General James Wolfe (1727-1759) died while leading the successful British assault on Quebec in September 1759 during the Seven Years' War.
The donor may have been Rosewell Saltonstall (d. 1840?), a sailor from New London, Conn. who settled in New York and dabbled at being an amateur inventor. Madison Papers, Founders Online, National Archives / https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-05-02-0084
