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Numerous additions to the Philosophical Apparatus, execu[te]d by Franklin Peale

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

November 13, 1820

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 104

Notes:

Charles Willson Peale's son Benjamin Franklin Peale (1795-1870) was born in the Museum and became an assistant to his father in 1820 and managed it after Charles Willson Peale's death in 1827. He was adept in machine making and served as an employee and officer of the Philadelphia Mint from 1833 to 1854.