Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
November 19, 1813
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 70
Notes:
The Rev. Frederick Christian Schaeffer (1792-1832) was a Lutheran minister and mineralist. At the time of this donation he was pastor of the Lutheran congregation at Harrisburg, Pa., and in 1815 he accepted a call to the United Congregations of New York City. He later served as an officer of the Lyceum of Natural History of NewYork (now the New York Academy of Sciences) and the American Geological Society. His portrait was painted by Charles Willson Peale.
