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THE PERKIN’S ESTATE,Miss Eda Meinhardt Appointed Administratrix of the Estate of the Late Frederick S. Perkins.lii the county court this morning Z Krla Mein luird I: Wits appointed administratrix. of IIio estate of the hito Frederick S. I'erkins, nil Burlington, who died at hi- home in Unit village last Juno. into* t a lc. Mr. .Verkina wwf one oftli o greatest. archaeologists andi« 'Ied111!viti*a n i in ou dhye.flvSort hroUcriorn of nnlifpumes in llio \]uworld* When 5ic died lie- win six-ly-soven your* old and had spent most of Ids time for forty yeii.r.s or more in gathr*rir,g relies- of the Indian and prehistoric races, ami his collection excels anything in the wide world, one all mm containing spec!mens of on1, being vainer] at $10,1)00 alone.IBs parents settled at fhirlirgton in 1330 when he was only four years old and I here the greater part of Ids life was spent, iin', lot where his father's pioneer cabin stood hririg occupied by him lip to the lime of his death. When lie grew to manhood lit: oh rise the- profession of the pa inter and ofi ar stud y i n X e\v York went abroad.wn during a visit to the Wyomingvalley in Pennsylvania in 18.17 that he forinoil the collection habit, which grow villi every ubsequent year of his life.Then1 he lmI limed about thirty hid tun* •*hnhdiots nml oilier stone, implements and on his rot urn homo, continued the search for simitar specimens. Tie found Wir-oon.-in rich in such reliis and gradually oxt ended his opera I inns until lie i-nvorod the whole .-'lato and was known tn iilmrist evoryhody in the country di*-trh-fs, School hoys would save their stores of dint arrow heads until lie came again to buy thorn and he was always gpnorms in his payment; for them. TTis partir-.ihii- ^nnvh was for cupper implements, 11 o toniid that these wore numerous in Wisconsin but very scarce ill oilier state?, ami he eamc to the conclusion that the Badger state was the home of i ml nsirv.A*III 1875 ho sold neveral thousands of his stone implements mid 143 of Ids copper specimens to the state historical society for the nominal sum of $4,000, lmt I he choicest specimens he would not sell. In 1SS5 ho sold to the Milwaukee public umsetiin 207 copper and a. collection oF stone implements for $2,200, Bv 1380 he had paid out over 818,000 iti cash and Iuicl gathered over 38,000 specimens. In 1S80 congress voted to appropriate 87,000 for the purchase of About 400 of his implement?.Charles 7L Dnorflinger of Milwaukee has been. ar. work for some time on a book to be; known as “The F. 8. Perkins Album of Antiquities,” the plates to he made from copper, flint and stone implements in his collection. This work will lie a monument to the enterprise of the eminent Wisconsin collector, mid will he very valuable to the archaeologist.trc I ci ini I.O-picfmofevirn;picmia90\ha 1 01 h si dri im rf the mesi aonmesheritbv'•/'i-vfouttheerd82..cmit i hyingfoeiJoiiTliiSiTlf'nrel of Thnnks,Mr?. Enlzcr and children desire t.n ex-flhoithehoiAndplavrhreqnigfincl q:wefil€a i5the
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Racine Daily Journal
Racine, Wisconsin, US
Tue, Jul 25, 1899
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