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Native Sulphur, found on the plantation of Mr. Joel Harland, Newlin Township, Chester County [Pennsyllvania]

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

January 22, 1808

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 28

Additional Source Text:

The donor was "of the Mint."

Notes:

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.