Pierre Eugène Du Simitière papers, 1560-1786, (bulk 1721-1786).

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Pierre Eugène Du Simitière papers, 1560-1786, (bulk 1721-1786).

Du Simitière, Pierre Eugène, ca. 1736-1784

Pierre Eugène Du Simitière papers, 1560-1786, (bulk 1721-1786).

Phy. Description:

10 v. (on 3 microfilm reels)

reels P7 (fr. 128-913), P8 (fr. 1-854) & P9 (fr. 1-750)

Additional forms:

35mm microfilm reels P7 (fr. 128-913), P8 (fr. 1-854) & P9 (fr. 1-750) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.

Bio / His Notes:

Portrait painter, curator and naturalist; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Born in Geneva, Switzerland. Came to America in 1765 after spending several years in the West Indies collecting natural history specimens. Elected curator, 1768, of the American Philosophical Society, and set up a natural history museum. He collected Revolutionary War ephemera and literature.

Papers relating to natural history and Du Simitière's collection of specimens; material collected on the history of the West Indies and Colonial American affairs in New England, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey, including the Lancaster Treaty, 1744, and Indian treaties, 1721-1756; letters, 1560-1781; journals, pamphlets and extracts; a broadside of the Du Simitière sale, 1785; drawings and portraits of American legislators and soldiers by Du Simitière; and leaves of a medieval illuminated manuscript.

Lent for microfilming, 1955, by the Library Company of Philadelphia. In 1785 Du Simitière's effects were sold at auction, resulting in his library being scattered. Most of the manuscripts were purchased by the Library Company of Philadelphia. The Library of Congress later acquired some others. The whereabouts of some material is still uncertain.

A descriptive catalogue of the Du Simitière papers in the Library Company of Philadelphia is available on reel P25 (fr. 672-774).

Location of Original:

Originals in the Library Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Patrons must use microfilm copy.

Subject-Topical:

Natural history -- Catalogs and collections -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Natural history museums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Portrait painting -- 18th century -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Museum curators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Portrait painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Naturalists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Subject - Geographical:

United States -- History -- 18th century

Repository Loc:

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560

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