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Celebrating Sopy Peale – Matthew Halley

Posted on 9 March 2021 by Tim O'Connell

Alexander Wilson was but an erstwhile weaver and provocative poet trying to stay out of debtor’s prison before he met Sophonisba Peale. Matthew Halley reacquaints ornithologists with a remarkable woman we should have never forgotten.

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