Nitre, from Delaware County, state of New York, near the West branch of the Delaware River

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 48

Notes:

Nitre, or potassium nitrate, was used in saltpeter for gunpowder.

Mahlon Dickerson (1770-1853) was later a Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, Governor of New Jersey, U.S. Senator from New Jersey, U.S. Secretary of the Navy, and a U.S. District Judge for New Jersey. In 1810 moved from Philadelphia to Morris County, N.J., to take over the family iron mine. Biographical Directory of Federal Judges / https://www.fjc.gov/node/1380021