Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
May 14, 1807
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 22
Additional Source Text:
The donor was from Hudson City, N.Y.
Notes:
Simon Willard, Jr. received a patent for his washing machine on 25 Apr 1807; Charles Willson Peale provided a lengthy description and illustration of how it worked in a letter to John Isaac Hawkins of 17 May 1807, concluding "My family are at this moment using this washing Machine; the second time of tryal and the Girls approve of it." Selected Papers, 2, part 2: 1015-1016
