Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
October 23, 1816
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 82
Additional Source Text:
Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 24 Oct 1816 reads: "A gentleman a few days since, sporting upon the Banks of the Schuylkill, below Philadelphia, espied a large Serpent of the water species, sunning itself on the bank, he loaded his piece, and separated the body in two places; upon examination found no less than 40 young ones in it, each from 8 to 9 inches in length; they are now at Mr. Peale's Museum. The mother was five feet in length; so large a Serpent has not been killed within the same distance of Philadelphia, (3 miles,) for several years past."
Specimen Type:
Live (presumably eventually taxidermied/preserved)
