Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
March 9, 1817
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 84
Notes:
This item was probaby the fruit of the sandbox tree, Hura crepitans, which was also known as sandbox. Oxford English Dictionary
Philadelphia merchant Richard Willing, Jr. (1775-1858) and John Lewis of Delaware established a mercantile house in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1812.
Current Common Name:
Sandbox
Current Scientific Name
Hura crepitans
