Name/Title
Acknowledgments of George W. Shutt's gifts to the Smithsonian InstitutionEntry/Object ID
ARC1016Scope and Content
Six acknowledgments from The Smithsonian Institution on behalf of the U.S. National Museum to George W. Shutt for gifts to the museum.
ARC1016-1-acknowledging gift of living copperhead, Oct 3,1888
ARC1016-2-acknowledging gift of Oriskany fossils (Devonian) from Pendleton County, West Virginia, 95 specimens of nine genera and 13 species, February 9, 1889
ARC1016-3-acknowledging gift of a specimen of barred owl, Syrnium nebulosum, for skeleton, May 25, 1889
ARC1016-4-acknowledging gift of six snakes, living specimens, from Virginia, June 5, 1889
ARC1016-5-acknowledging gift of three living snakes from near Hillsboro, Virginia, June 22, 1889
ARC1016-6-acknowledging gift of a living specimen of red fox (Vulpes fulvus fulvus), August 21, 1889
George Webber Shutt (1833-1893) was born in Loudoun Co., Va., and was a descendant of Philipp and Anna Maria Breisch Shutt of Shepherdstown. He first married Mary Osburn. After her death, he married Virginia Osburn of Kabletown, daughter of Logan and Margaret Chew Osburn. He and his second wife lived together only a short time. Shutt was a businessman in St. Louis, Mo.,and Springfield, Ill. Subsequently, he lived in Washington, D.C., and worked at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). After retiring from USGS, he lived in Hillsboro, Va., where he died.Acquisition
Accession
75Source or Donor
Charles Town LibraryAcquisition Method
GiftArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1888 - 1889