Thomas Jefferson Papers

Enclosure: James W. Wallace’s Impressions of a Mammoth’s Tooth, [ca. 10 October 1817]

Enclosure

James W. Wallace’s Impressions of a Mammoth’s Tooth

[ca. 10 Oct. 1817]

Impression by the upper Surface

(illustration)

 

Impression by the Upper Surface

(illustration)

 

Impression by the Upper Surface

(illustration)

 

Impression made by the side of the tooth

(illustration)

MS (DLC: TJ Papers, 202:35899–902); captions in Wallace’s hand, with each impression on a separate piece of paper; undated.

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Title
Enclosure: James W. Wallace’s Impressions of a Mammoth’s Tooth, [ca. 10 October 1817]
Author
Wallace, James Westwood
Date
10 October 1817

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“Enclosure: James W. Wallace’s Impressions of a Mammoth’s Tooth, [ca. 10 October 1817],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-12-02-0071-0002. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 12, 1 September 1817 to 21 April 1818, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014, pp. 87–89.]