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Back to EpisodesNathan Dunn and His 10,000 Chinese Things
Episode 446
Published 10 months, 1 week ago
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ABC:LHS #081-3 Nathan Dunn...
...sailed as a merchant to China around 1818 and gained respect by avoiding the opium trade, rather engaging in tea, silks, porcelain, and other goods. He returned with a massive artifact collection and opened his wildly successful Chinese Museum in Philadelphia. Late in life, he was accused of illegal homosexual activity and put on trial for the crime of sodomy.