Gil.Compo wrote:Tue Oct 15, 2019 9:15 pm
In the course of looking for OldWeather connections to Philadelphia, Randi identified in the the log of the USS Bear:
US Revenue Cutter 'Bear' August 23rd 1895
https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/med ... 76_125.jpg
2nd Cutter and Dinghy out shooting walrus for the Philadelphia Academy of Science.
[posted by Hurlock]
Journalist Tom Avril of the Philadelphia Inquirer has found that the now-called Academy of Natural Sciences has a walrus specimen with a note that says it was collected in Alaska in
1895, but it is associated with the names Dr. Benjamin Sharp and J.M. Justice. Mr. Avril has speculated perhaps these names are those of the
scientists who made the request. There is no mention of the USS Bear in the collection of this specimen.
So, at the moment, he cannot conclude that the walrus specimen came from the Bear's acquisition.
Is there any earlier mention of who from "the Philadelphia Academy of Science" made the request to obtain a walrus specimen?
Thanks!
