Sharksteeth & a vertebra, found in digging a well, 90 feet below the surfaces in the yard of the Penitentiary in Richmond Virginia

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 32

Additional Source Text:

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 22 July 1808 reads: "Fossil Sharks teeth."

Notes:

The Virginia State Penitentiary had been completed in 1804 to the designs of Benjamin Henry Latrobe.

Specimen Type:

Individual parts