Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
December 24, 1806
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 20
Additional Source Text:
Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 22 Apr 1807 reads: "A handsome specimen of Wood, used instead of Mahogany, from New Holland."
Notes:
William Hamilton (1745–1813), owner of the Woodlands mansion on the west bank of the Schuylkill River outside Philadelphia, was a noted botanist whose greenhouse included more than 10,000 species of plants, including the first specimens introduced into America of several species as well as plants grown from seeds harvested during the Lewis and Clark Expedition. A visitor to the Woodlands in 1809 noted the presence of mahogany among other exotic plants and trees from across the globe. (Oliver Oldschool, pseud., "American Scenery for the Portfolio, 'The Woodlands'," Port Folio 2, no. 6 (Dec 1809): 507)
