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A fragment of dark grey marble in two, on which are fine impressions of bivalve Shells, striated and of a whitish colour

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

April 1779

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 39r

Additional Source Text:

"The impressions are not in every direction thro' the Stone but in Strata about an inch asunder. from the Same place where a tail race was digging for the old Saw mill."

Notes:

The donor was possibly Philadelphia ironmonger Jonathan Zane.