Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
February 17, 1795
Primary Source Reference:
Gazette of the United States (Philadelphia), 17 Feb 1795
Additional Source Text:
"This beautiful piece was found above three hundred yards below the level of the ground, at the Peak of Derbyshire, Great-Britain."
Notes:
Thomas Truxtun (or Truxton) (1755-1822), a U.S. Navy captain at the time of this donation, later rose to the rank of commodore.
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