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Several handsome Specimens of Copper Ore, from a Mine lately opened, on the Shannons land

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

February 10, 1809

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 39-40

Additional Source Text:

"Now in the possession of Wm. Partridge &c situated on the Perkioming Creek in Providence Township, Montgomery County Penna. 23 miles from Phila."

Notes:

The Perkiomen copper mines were in Shannonville, now Audubon, Pa.