Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1820.

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Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1820.

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Letter dated 22 October 1820, Paris, to Rubens Peale in Philadelphia. Ricord consistently misspells Peale's first name "Ruben." He was employed in the laboratory at the Royal Museum of Natural History in Paris, and offered to exchange some specimens with Peale's Museum.

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Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Peale's Museum was established by Charles Willson Peale in 1784. It was public rather than private in character and was governed initially by a Society of Visitors. The museum was moved to the Hall of the American Philosophical Society in 1794 and in 1802 by act of the Pennsylvania Assembly it ws granted the free use of the State House (Independence Hall) recently vacated by the legislature. It was subsequently incorporated as the Philadelphia Museum Company under the direction of a board of tru...

Peale, Rubens, 1784-1865

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Still life and animal painter, museum administrator. Son of Charles Willson Peale. From the description of Rubens Peale diaries, 1855-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83213749 Rubens Peale managed his father Charles Willson Peale's museum in Philadelphia from 1810 to 1822 and later directed museums in Baltimore, New York City, and Utica. In 1840, he settled on a farm in Pottsvile, where he farmed and sketched. From the description of Sketchbook, 1864. (Unknow...

MuseĢum national d'histoire naturelle (France).

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Ricord, Alexandre 1770-1829

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