Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
November 10, 1807
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 25
Notes:
Adam Seybert (1773-1825) completed the medical course at the University of Pennsylvania in 1793 and continued studies in Europe. He returned to Philadelphia and devoted himself to chemistry and mineralogy. Seybert was a member of the American Philosophical Society and represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives 1809-1815.
His collection of almost 2,000 minerals was the first major purchase (in 1812 for $750) by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
