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A very handsome specimen of the Asbestus, or Cotton Stone from Ellicotts Lower Mills near Baltimore

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

September 2, 1815

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 78

Notes:

George Ellicott (1760-1832) was a mathematician, an amateur astronomer, and a cousin of Peale's friend Andrew Ellicott.