Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
September 11, 1803
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale to Rembrandt and Rubens Peale, 11 September 1803 (Selected Papers, 2, part 1: 603-607)
Additional Source Text:
Guide to the Philadelphia Museum (Philadelphia, 1805), p. 6: The pamphlet was displayed "in 92 gilt frames, hung up in a convenient gallery for viewing the Skeleton."
Notes:
Charles Willson Peale acknowledged receiving copies of Rembrandt Peale's pamphlet (accessible at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42265185#page/1/mode/1up ) on 11 September 1803. Selected Papers, 2, part 1: 603
Title Information:
An historical disquisition on the mammoth, or, great American incognitum, an extinct, immense, carnivorous animal, whose fossil remains have been found in North America. Containing some introductory observations, a narrative of the discovery of nearly an entire skeleton near New York, in the Autumn of 1801, together with a comparative description, and occasional remarks: illustrated with engravings
Imprint Information:
London, 1803
