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Black Hematites, from Monteferro near Suckesummy Plains, Morris County New Jersey

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

January 1810

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 48

Additional Source Text:

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 1 Mar 1810 reads: "Iron Hematites."

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 moved from Philadelphia to Morris County, N.J., to take over the family iron mine. Biographical Directory of Federal Judges / https://www.fjc.gov/node/1380021