﻿PHILIP 
  PEARSAIJ. 
  CARPENTER 
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  New 
  York 
  State 
  Cabinet 
  of 
  Natural 
  History 
  (Museum). 
  — 
  Carpenter's 
  asso- 
  

   ciation 
  with 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  Cabinet 
  of 
  Natural 
  History 
  was 
  consummated 
  

   by 
  his 
  donation 
  and 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  duphcate 
  series 
  of 
  the 
  Reigen 
  Col- 
  

   lection 
  of 
  Mazatlan 
  shells 
  (1859). 
  The 
  story 
  and 
  analysis 
  of 
  that 
  collection 
  have 
  

   been 
  published 
  (Palmer, 
  1951). 
  

  

  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  — 
  A 
  brief 
  summary 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  activities 
  of 
  the 
  

   Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  is 
  presented 
  by 
  Carpenter 
  (1864b, 
  p. 
  578). 
  A 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  

   sources 
  of 
  the 
  collections 
  in 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  was 
  included. 
  The 
  

   sources 
  included 
  material 
  from 
  eight 
  expeditions, 
  beginning 
  with 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Ex- 
  

   ploring 
  Expedition, 
  1837-1840, 
  through 
  the 
  expedition 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  North-West 
  

   Boundary 
  Survey, 
  1857-1861, 
  under 
  Com. 
  A. 
  Campbell, 
  with 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  B. 
  R. 
  Ken- 
  

   nerley 
  and 
  George 
  Gibbs 
  as 
  collectors. 
  Sixteen 
  private 
  collectors 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  

   period 
  had 
  provided 
  additional 
  critical 
  material 
  to 
  the 
  collections 
  of 
  the 
  Smith- 
  

   sonian. 
  Many 
  new 
  forms 
  found 
  by 
  several 
  of 
  those 
  collectors 
  were 
  described 
  by 
  

   Carpenter. 
  He 
  spent 
  5 
  months 
  (1859-1860) 
  in 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  living 
  in 
  the 
  

   Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  building. 
  The 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  collections 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  com- 
  

   pleted 
  in 
  that 
  short 
  time. 
  Arrangements 
  were 
  made, 
  and 
  the 
  specimens 
  were 
  

   shipped 
  to 
  England. 
  Carpenter 
  compared 
  the 
  specimens 
  with 
  named 
  forms 
  in 
  the 
  

   Hugh 
  Cuming 
  Collection 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  (Natural 
  History), 
  with 
  the 
  

   help 
  of 
  Cuming. 
  A 
  special 
  label 
  "Named 
  by 
  Hugh 
  Cuming. 
  Esq. 
  for 
  the 
  Smith- 
  

   sonian 
  Institution, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C." 
  was 
  printed 
  to 
  indicate 
  such 
  service. 
  

   This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  several 
  printed 
  labels 
  associated 
  with 
  Carpenter's 
  labors 
  on 
  the 
  

   collections 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum, 
  and 
  in 
  institu- 
  

   tions, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  Museum 
  and 
  the 
  Redpath 
  Museum, 
  which 
  

   acquired 
  material 
  from 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  

  

  Warrington 
  Free 
  Museum 
  and 
  Library. 
  — 
  ^After 
  Carpenter's 
  return 
  from 
  

   America 
  to 
  Warrington 
  in 
  June 
  1860. 
  he 
  arranged 
  with 
  the 
  Warrington 
  Museum 
  

   for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  an 
  unoccupied 
  room 
  and 
  rented 
  three 
  rooms 
  from 
  a 
  house 
  adjoin- 
  

   ing. 
  There 
  he 
  worked 
  on 
  the 
  collections 
  which 
  w^ere 
  sent 
  from 
  the 
  Smithsonian, 
  

   large 
  collections 
  he 
  had 
  made 
  in 
  America 
  for 
  the 
  Warrington 
  Museum, 
  and 
  his 
  

   own. 
  He 
  had 
  purchased 
  all 
  the 
  remaining 
  shells 
  of 
  the 
  Reigen 
  Mazatlan 
  stores, 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  C. 
  B. 
  Adams 
  material 
  from 
  Panama, 
  Jamaica, 
  St. 
  Thomas, 
  and 
  Bermuda. 
  

   He 
  also 
  became 
  agent 
  for 
  some 
  leading 
  naturalists 
  in 
  negotiating 
  transactions 
  in 
  

   connection 
  with 
  their 
  duplicates. 
  About 
  half 
  of 
  Carpenter's 
  papers 
  were 
  written 
  

   at 
  Warrington, 
  including 
  his 
  valuable 
  and 
  comprehensive 
  Supplementary 
  Report 
  

   on 
  the 
  Present 
  State 
  of 
  our 
  knozvledge 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  MoUusca 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  

   Coast 
  of 
  North 
  America, 
  which 
  was 
  reprinted, 
  with 
  13 
  of 
  his 
  other 
  articles, 
  by 
  

   the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  in 
  1872. 
  He 
  remained 
  at 
  Warrington 
  until 
  his 
  de- 
  

   parture 
  for 
  Montreal 
  in 
  October 
  1865. 
  J. 
  R. 
  le 
  B. 
  Tomlin 
  wrote 
  (Personal 
  com- 
  

   munication, 
  November 
  11. 
  1947) 
  that 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  believe 
  the 
  Warrington 
  Museum 
  

   contained 
  any 
  types. 
  J. 
  R. 
  Rimmer, 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Municipal 
  Museum 
  and 
  Art 
  

   Gallery, 
  Warrington, 
  examined 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  missing 
  types 
  of 
  Carpenter 
  species, 
  as 
  

   included 
  herein, 
  and 
  reported 
  (Personal 
  communication, 
  October 
  2. 
  1956) 
  that 
  

   there 
  are 
  no 
  types 
  of 
  Carpenter 
  species 
  in 
  that 
  Museum. 
  

  

  