Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
December 28, 1809
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 45
Notes:
The minerals were sent by Jefferson in May 1805. See Selected Papers, 2, part 2: 828, 829n; https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-1677
Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) and William Clark (1770-1838) undertook their western Expedition in 1804-1806.
