Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
May 1, 1818
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 93
Additional Source Text:
"Found on the bank of the River St. Johns by" William Maclure, George Ord, Titian Ramsay Peale, and Thomas Say.
The donor is described as "of East Florida."
Notes:
The 1817 Florida Expedition was the first major privately funded collecting endeavor of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. The Expedition was financed and organized by the newly elected president, William Maclure, and included an Academy founder and Curator, Thomas Say, Vice President George Ord, and recently elected member Titian Ramsay Peale. See Thomas Peter Bennett, "The 1817 Florida Expedition of the Academy of Natural Sciences," Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 152 (Oct. 14, 2002): 1-21.
Francis Philip Fatio (Francisco Phelipe Fatio) (1724-1811), born in Switzerland, was a soldier for France, a viscount in Sardinia, a merchant in London, and a prominent planter in East Florida during both the British period and the second Spanish period.
