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Iron Ore, from near Strasburgh Village, Lancaster County

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

July 18, 1808

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 32

Additional Source Text:

"Used by Withers at mount Etna furnace, this Ore was discovered this year 1808. found to yeald very great quantitys and of a very superior quality."

Notes:

Daniel Buckley was a partner with Thomas Brooke and Matthew Brooke, Jr. in the Hopewell Furnace and Jones Good Luck Mine in Berks County, Pa.