Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
February 17, 1813
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 64
Additional Source Text:
Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 30 June 1813 reads: "Georgia Burr Stone."
The donor was "of Baltimore."
Notes:
Buhrstone is a variety of chalcedony. This mineral was commonly used for millstones for grinding wheat flour. See Robert Scott Davis, Jr., "As Good as the French": The Rise and Decline of Georgia's Buhrstone Industry, Georgia Historical Quarterly, 77, no. 3 (Fall 1993): 560-566.
