Thomas Jefferson Papers

Enclosure I, Diagram: Top of Bison Skull, 10 June 1802

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Diagrams: Top of Bison Skull

View of the Upper Part

From the Suter H the center of the Head to root of the horn I 7 Inches

From the place of Insertion of the muscles of the Neck K to the fore part
of the upper head broke off at L 10 Inches.

The weight of this piece is 35 ℔

MS (DLC: TJ Papers, 124:21495); in Peale’s hand.

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    Enclosure I, Diagram: Top of Bison Skull, 10 June 1802
    Author
    Peale, Charles Willson
    Recipient
    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    10 June 1802

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    “Enclosure I, Diagram: Top of Bison Skull, 10 June 1802,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-37-02-0470-0002. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 37, 4 March–30 June 1802, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010, p. 583.]

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