Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
July 15, 1797
Primary Source Reference:
Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser, 15 July 1797
Additional Source Text:
"Found on the Ohio; collected and presented by Mr. Maurice Turpin, whose death ought to be considered a public misfortune. First France then America have lost this valuable citizen. Besides being blessed with many amiable qualities he was inspired with a love, nay an enthusiasm for the promotion of the delightful science of Natural History; and his persevering industry to collect subjects in several branches of it was such as few men could equal."
Notes:
Maurice Turpin (d. 1796) was a French naturalist and collector.
