Fragment of Stalactites from a cave near Miller's Town on Susquehannah, Calcined

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 68r

Additional Source Text:

"It is made use of as a caustic NB to get some more."

Notes:

The donor was possibly George Glentworth (d. 1792) was later surgeon general of Britain’s Colonial Hospitals. Founders Online, National Archives / https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jay/01-01-02-0034