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A Specimen of Spath from the Peake of Derbyshire (England), the greatest part of which is tinged with purple

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

April 1781

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 58v

Notes:

The donor, the Rev. William White (1748-1836), was the first and fourth Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States (1789; 1795-1836), the first bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania (1787-1836), and the second U.S. Senate Chaplain (appointed December 9, 1790). At the time of this donation he was rector of the United Congregations of Christ Church and St. Peters in Philadelphia.