Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
October 9, 1811
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 57
Additional Source Text:
"Found in considerable quanitities on the Shores of Lake Superior & on the shores of the River which empties in to that Lake."
Notes:
The donor enlisted as a surgeon's mate in the U.S. Army in July 1801 and was promoted to apothecary general in 1813 / https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-81RN-7Z9?i=572&cc=1880…
