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Alexander von Humboldt
Baggage entry statement to the U.S. Customs
May 24, 1804
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Humboldt stored his twenty-seven trunks of natural history specimens, collected during his five-year trip, on the Philadelphia docks during his visit to the United States. He spent his first two weeks in Philadelphia meeting leading American scientists, all members of the American Philosophical Society.
American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia |