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1796 January 30 . [Jean- Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de] Lamarck and [Étienne] Geoffroy [Saint-Hilaire] LS to [Charles Willson] Peale; Paris, France.

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Box 1
Abstract:
Responding to a request for formal correspondence from Peale’s museum, written on Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle stationery. Desires an exchange of specimens, having a particular interest in mastodon bones, opossums, quadrupeds, moles, bats, beavers. Comments on the use of "[s]pirituous liquors" for preservation of specimens, the preparation of larger bones, and exchanging catalogs of printed works on natural history. Includes a transcript and a "Memorandum Regarding Peale" signed by Bashford Deane, June 1904.
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Collection

Science and Medicine collection, 1702-1936
Total components 316
Last indexed 2024-08-05