58 The Life and Writings of 



The unfortunate naturalist lies buried in Ronaldson s 

 Cemetery, Ninth and Catherine streets, Philadelphia. 

 In 1 86 1 the place was marked by a plain board slab 

 on which was painted simply &quot;C. S. R.&quot; To-day the 

 spot where he was buried is unmarked. 



DISPOSITION OF THE PROPERTY OF RAFINESQUE. 



All that Rafinesque possessed in the world is summed 

 up as personal property in the items of his will. When 

 it was learned that he was dead and that his property 

 would be sold at public auction, there was an unseemly 

 haste on the part of some persons to get possession of 

 his treasures, whatever they were. Kight dray loads 

 of books and natural history collections comprised the 

 mass of his &quot;estate&quot;. They went to the auction rooms 

 of the city and were publicly sold, in violation of the 

 provisions of his will, which required private sale. There 

 is no intimation in the return of the executors that 

 any attempt was made to comply with its requirements. 

 His manuscripts on archseologic subjects were bought 

 by Professor S. S. Haldeman, and eventually found their 

 way, most of them, into the hands of Brantz Mayer, 

 of Baltimore, formerly consul for the United States to 

 Mexico. Thence many finally reached the United States 



