Petrified Shell taken from a Hill in the Chickesaw Nation

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 4

Additional Source Text:

"Where Mr. Hall says there appeared to be millions of the same kind; 300 Miles from the Sea."

Notes:

The Rev. James Hall, D.D. (1744-1826) was a Presbyterian minister who in 1800 had established the first Protestant mission in Natchez, Miss.