Spanish Spur, found on the River St. John, East Florida

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 42

Additional Source Text:

"About 7 feet under ground, in an old Spanish Fort distroyed by the Indians, about the first settlement of that Country."

Notes:

Francis Philip Fatio (Francisco Phelipe Fatio) (1724-1811), born in Switzerland, was a soldier for France, a viscount in Sardinia, a merchant in London, and a prominent planter in East Florida during both the British period and the second Spanish period.