Peregrinations of the Peregrine Mummies

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 In November 1827, Greenwood collected the requisite certificates and testimonials of authenticity from John Collins Warren and others, preparatory to sending the pair of mummies from the Peregrine on tour.

 In January 1828, they were at Mr. Pattee’s Hall (which was connected to a tavern) in Warner, New Hampshire. At the end of the year, according to the 8 December 1828 Essex Gazette, the mummies were on exhibit in Captain Turner’s hometown of Charlestown, Mass. It is not known if he or his family went to view them. The Portsmouth Journal and Rockingham Gazette dated 1 November 1828 invited its readers to see

"Ancient natural curiosities. To be exhibited for a few days only, at Franklin-Hall, Congress Street—to be open Monday next."

The Connecticut Mirror for 14 February 1829 announced:

“A male and female mummy, with their sarcophagus will be exhibited at the Hartford Hotel, from 12 o’clock on Saturday, the 14th inst. until sunset and on Monday the 16th. from 8 o’clock A.M. until 9 o’clock P.M.”

This is the last notice concerning the travels of this pair of mummies, and they returned to the New-England Museum where they were placed on exhibition once again.  In 1839, after Greenwood suffered financial losses, the museum and its contents were sold to Moses Kimball, who at the time had a museum in Lowell, Massachusetts.