Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
August 27, 1822
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 120
Notes:
Linnaeus, in his A general system of nature, through the three grand kingdoms of animals, vegetables, and minerals, vol 4 (London, 1806), pp. 97-99, identifies eleven species of Salpa, a marine invertebrate, none given the specific name socialis, and none of which were said to inhabit the Atlantic Ocean.
William Wood was the manager of the Peales' Baltimore Museum.
