Miscellaneous notebooks containing natural history notes; botanical and ichthyological drawings; and landscapes and other sketches Search this
Collection name:
C. S. (Constantine Samuel) Rafinesque papers, 1815-1834 and undated
Physical Description:
1 notebook
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 1 Folder 6
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Landscapes (representations)
Scientific illustrations
Maps
Place:
Baltimore
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
United States
Date Range:
1800-1840
Start Date:
1800
End Date:
1840
Abstract:
This item includes landscape sketches of various locations in Pennsylvania, New York state, and New Jersey, including but not limited to Sherman Creek (Pennsylvania), Catskill Mountains (New York), and New Brunswick (New Jersey). A few landscapes seem to indicate locations in Labrador (Canada), Baltimore (Maryland), and Santiago (Chile). The Canadian and Chilean locations are questionable. Also contains Rafinesque's field notes and sketches of fish, fossils, a few insect and botanical specimen with identifications and descriptions. Measurements are recorded on many of the fish sketches. Also included are a few roughly sketched maps (these are difficult to read), and a note glued to the cover verso, dated Feb. 5, 1841, and signed by James Mease regarding the value or sale of a gold medal given to Rafinesque by the Geographic Society of Paris.
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