Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
June 21, 1808
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 31
Additional Source Text:
"A mine belonging to the doner. Yealding about 60 percent."
Notes:
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 he moved from Philadelphia to Morris County, N.J., where he was a miner and iron manufacturer. Biographical Directory of Federal Judges / https://www.fjc.gov/node/1380021
