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Iron Ore, used at Hopewell furnace, Berks County Penna.

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

July 18, 1808

Primary Source Reference:

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

Additional Source Text:

"Of the Best quality. And a specimen inferior found at a greater depth and [necessary?] to be mixed with the other. found near the furnace and the property of Buckley and Brooke."

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.