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A very large Sheep, weighing (when alive) 214 pounds

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

April 22, 1807

Primary Source Reference:

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 22 Apr 1807

Additional Source Text:

"Raised by Mr. C. Jeffries of West Chester Pennsylvania, and specimen of the meat, curred, shewing the thickness of the fat."

Notes:

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Peale's Common Name:

Sheep

Current Common Name:

Sheep

Current Scientific Name

Ovis aries