Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
December 30, 1808
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 37
Notes:
The donor, Alexander Wilson (1766-1813), was a Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and illustrator.
On 24 Dec 1808 Wilson also sent to Thomas Jefferson samples of this copper, which he thought would be "highly important at this interesting crisis [the Embargo]". Founders Online, National Archives (Early Access document) / https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-9399
