Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
December 16, 1813
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 70
Notes:
The Peale Museum's specimen of a mastodon tooth was probably similar to the mastodon molar tooth from an older adult animal pictured here, sent by William Clark in 1807 to Thomas Jefferson, who sent it to the American Philosophical Society, which later gave it to the Academy on Natural Sciences.
Eli B. Clemson (1776-1842) was the commander of the 1st U.S. Infantry, which was stationed at Fort Osage from 1808 until June of 1813, when the Fort was evacuated during the War of 1812 / https://www.fortosagenhs.com/captain-eli-b-clemson.html
