Swedish Note for five Rix Dollars, and a swedish note of a half Rix dollar, or 48 shillings

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 105

Notes:

Gerardus Troost (1776-1850) was a Dutch-American medical doctor, naturalist, mineralogist, and founding member and first president of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. In April 1821 he was appointed professor of mineralogy of the Peale Museum.