Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
November 1765
Primary Source Reference:
Du Simitière Scraps, Library Company of Philadelphia, no. 96, 2
Additional Source Text:
"On the Lancsaster Road 25 miles from Town m'a ete donné par [given to me by] F[ranci]s Hopkinson Esq."
Notes:
This specimen was probably a crystal of quartz.
The donor, Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791) was an author, composer, delegate to Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence, and a federal judge.
