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A collection of Insects from St. Domingue

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

August 31, 1795

Primary Source Reference:

New-York Gazette, 31 Aug 1795

Notes:

Palisot de Beauvois, a French naturalist, collaborated with Charles Willson Peale in composing the Museum catalogue in 1795-1796 before returning to France in 1798 and resuming his role in that nation's scientific circles. (Selected Papers, 2, part 1: 101n)

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved