Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
May 10, 1805
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 5
Additional Source Text:
"Collected by Richard King in his Excursion to the hot springs on the Ouachita River [present-day Hot Springs, Ark.], and sent by him to Thomas Jefferson. P.U.S. and presented by T. Jefferson"
Notes:
William C. C. Claiborne (ca. 1774-1817), governor of the Territory of Orleans, sent Jefferson "a small Box containing a few Fossils &c. collected by" King on 1 Nov 1804, and Jefferson sent them to Peale on 5 May 1805. Jefferson Papers, Founders Online, National Archives / https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-44-02-0561 and https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-1677 (Early Access doument)
Richard King (1760-1815) was a prominent citizen of Natchez and later a major in the Territorial Militia of Mississippi / https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176148927/richard-king
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Stone mint; frost mint; dittany; American dittany
Current Scientific Name
Cunila origanoides
