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A pair of the moose-deer horns joined to the scull

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

May 30, 1794

Primary Source Reference:

Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 30 May 1794

Notes:

William Hamilton (1745–1813), owner of the Woodlands mansion on the west bank of the Schuylkill River outside Philadelphia, was a noted botanist whose greenhouse included more than 10,000 species of plants, including the first specimens introduced into America of several species as well as plants grown from seeds harvested during the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Specimen Type:

Individual parts