Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
September 16, 1808
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 35
Notes:
This specimen was either epsomite or kieserite, which are the hydrated forms of epsom salt.
Joseph Cloud (1770-1845) was the chief assayer at the U.S. Mint at Philadelphia from 1797 to 1836. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society and the Philadelphia Linnean Society.
