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Pair of Legging from a newly discovered nation of Indians, high up the Missourie

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

July 15, 1797

Primary Source Reference:

Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser, 15 July 1797

Notes:

George Turner (ca. 1750-1843), a native Briton, served in the Continental Army in South Carolina during the Revolution, became a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, and served as a territorial judge in the Northwest Territory from 1789 until his resignation in 1797. He was an active member of the American Philosophical Society and contributed papers about Native American artifacts and fossil bones of the incognitum.