A Petrified Shell-Fish, found on a mountain, in the county of Down, Ireland, called Slieu [Slieve] Donard, which is supposed to be 1056 yards perpendicular highth

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 7 Feb 1791

Additional Source Text:

Also listed in New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth), 23 Feb 1791

Notes:

Slieve Donard is the highest mountain in Northern Ireland and the wider province of Ulster, with a height of 850 metres (2,790 ft., or 930 yards).

The donor may have been related to Philadelphia sea captain George Geddis.

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