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A bunch of large Barnicles, taken from the bottom of the Lady Adams of Nantucket

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

March 10, 1818

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 92

Additional Source Text:

"After her return from a whaling Voyage in the South Seas, in 1817."

Notes:

The Nantucket whaler Lady Adams operated from 1815 and was burned in the Sea of Japan in 1823 / https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us~nawhv.html#la