Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
January 1810
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 48
Notes:
Trap rock, also known as either trapp or trap, is any dark-colored, fine-grained, non-granitic intrusive or extrusive igneous rock. Types of trap rock include basalt, peridotite, diabase, and gabbro.
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
