Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
1804
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 10
Additional Source Text:
United States Gazette (Philadelphia), 7 Feb 1806 adds: "found [blank] feet below the surface of the earth, on the coast of Hampshire, England" and identifies Hillman as "of Bristol, England."
Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 25 Mar 1806 lists donors as "Mr. Hillman, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Pit[t]man, England."
