Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
September 1779
Primary Source Reference:
Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 46v
Additional Source Text:
"Where there is two Small round cavities close by each other, which appear to have been the hinge of the Shell, which I suppose of the bivalve kind, having very fine Strice. hardly perceptible without a glass running from the above cavities in every direction to the circumference & other very Strong lines at large distance crossing the Shell on both Sides, it is the Size of a walnut & was found in another Stone near Marlboro' Iron Works, Virginia."
Notes:
The donor was Isaac Zane, Jr. (1743-1795), a Philadelphia Quaker who had moved to the Shenandoah Valley about 1767, owned and operated the Marlboro Iron Works about twelve miles south of Winchester, Virginia. During the war years Zane manufactured four- and six-pound cannon, shot, kettles, salt pans, and stoves for the American forces. He also served in the House of Burgesses from 1773 to 1776, the Virginia conventions from 1774 to 1776, and the general assembly from 1776 to 1795.
