Chester County History Center - Charles J. Pennock Papers

A manuscript copy of Charles Lucien Bonaparte’s book was made by Ezra Michener (b. 1794 - d. 1887), an ornithologist from New Garden, Chester County. Michener titled the manuscript “The Genera of the Birds of the United States, from C.L. Buonaparte,” which was published as Bonaparte’s The Genera of North American Birds, and a Synopsis of the Species Found Within the Territory of the United States. In the back of the volume are several recipes useful for taxidermy. A letter to Pennock from Ellwood Michener, son of Ezra, is pasted in front of the volume and notes that Pennock purchased this book circa 1901.