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A Small fragment of lead ore form'd of Small Shining lamina like needles of this province [Pennsylvania]

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

March 1778

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 26v

Notes:

This specimen was galena crystals.

The donor, Stephen Payne Adye (ca. 1740-1794), was a captain (later a brevet-major) of the Royal Artillery who served in North America. He was the author of Treatise on Courts-Martial, to which is added an Essay on Military Punishments and Rewards (New York, 1769).