Two Fossil Bones supposed to be Mammoths? found about nine feet below the surface of the Earth

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 87

Additional Source Text:

"On the farm of Mr. Hampton two miles from the Delaware River and about four from Sweedsburrow [Swedesboro] New Jersey."

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 21 Nov 1817 adds: "of nondescript animals."