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Cyanite [kyanite], from near the Lazaretto [Philadelphia]

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

September 12, 1821

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 115

Notes:

Benjamin Say, Jr. (1790-1836) was the son of Benjamin and Ann (Bonsall) Say and the brother of Thomas Say. He was disowned by the Society of Friends in 1814 for joining the military. (E. H. Saye, The Saye Family [Birmingham, Ala., 1955], p. 107)