Enter Ethan Allen Greenwood
In June of 1824, Ethan Allen Greenwood, proprietor of the New England Museum in Boston, purchased the mummy, and noted in his diary:
“18th. Got ready to go to Portland … Bought the mummy & put her on board. … 19th. …Last Friday I bought the Egyptian mummy together with the cases &c for $350.00. 23d. Got out bills for the mummy exhibit.”
Greenwood exhibited the mummy in Portland, Maine, until at least early July, as the Portland Museum announced in the 5 July 1824 issue of the weekly Eastern Argus that for the celebration of Independence Day, not only would it be “decorated in handsome style, and brilliantly illuminated in the evening” but that the mummy was still being exhibited in connection with the museum.
Down in Providence, Rhode Island, on 1 September 1824, the new Providence Museum, 65 North Main St, opposite the Baptist Meeting House, was opened by Greenwood on the premises formerly run by Mr. Wilder as a hotel. According to an article in the 12 Sept. 1824 Providence Independent Inquirer and Commercial Advertiser the Museum would be
"Conducted on the principles of the best regulated museums, and the collections in the various productions of nature, though small at present, will be rapidly increased. Portraits of distinguished characters will hereafter form a conspicuous place. Among the present, is a very fine full length portrait of Washington. There is also a handsome collection of wax figures, and great variety of miscellaneous curiosities. Although their beginning is small, the proprietors hope the public will find it worthy of patronage. Admittance 25 cents, without distinction of age. Season tickets $2. Gentlemen and lady $3.—Family not exceeding five persons $5."
Sharing top billing with the father of our country was Captain Turner’s mummy from Thebes. That was not the only thing the mummy was sharing—the Massachusetts General Hospital mummy was being exhibited at the Court-House during this same time period.
On 7 October 1824, the Independent Inquirer proclaimed:
“Last week of the Egyptian mummy … previous to its final removal from the New England States …”
Greenwood’s diary does not mention this mummy again.