Memorandum's [sic] of Rubens Peale and the events of his life &c, [ca. 1856] Circa 1856

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Memorandum's [sic] of Rubens Peale and the events of his life &c, [ca. 1856] Circa 1856

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This is an autobiographical work and mainly discusses his father's museum in Philadelphia and his museum in Baltimore (collecting specimens, gas lighting, selling his collections). There are also anecdotes on prominent people of the time. There are notes in an unknown hand (perhaps Mary Jane Peale).

1.0 Volume(s); 1 volume, 130 p.

American Philosophical Society

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