Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
February 1783
Primary Source Reference:
Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 70v
Additional Source Text:
"sent from New Hampshire "
Notes:
Talc is a clay mineral, composed of hydrated magnesium silicate. "Before glass became relatively cheap, the material used to make windows was often described as talc, though this was probably more often mica, a group of more complex silicates." Royal Society of Chemistry / https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/talc-magnesium-silicate/3010344…
The donor, John Sullivan (1740-1795), was an Irish-American general in the Revolutionary War, a delegate in the Continental Congress, Governor of New Hampshire, and a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. As a major general in the Continental Army, he commanded the Sullivan Expedition in 1779, a scorched earth campaign against the Iroquois towns that had taken up arms against the American revolutionaries.
