Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
23 January 1792
Primary Source Reference:
Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 23 Jan 1792.
Additional Source Text:
On 23 January 1792, the donation of "A pair of White Doves (alive) from the West Indies" by Mr. Matie [?] was announced in Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser, published in Philadelphia. The same announcement also ran in the New-York Daily Gazette on 28 Jan 1792, and the Argus, published in Boston, on 10 February 1792.
Notes:
These doves cannot be identified without a more detailed physical description.
Specimen Type:
Live
Current Common Name:
Unidentified doves
Current Scientific Name
Columbidae | Unidentified
