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Native or Virgin Copper, cut from a mass weighing 25-1/2 Lb.

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

October 9, 1811

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 57

Additional Source Text:

"Found in considerable quanitities on the Shores of Lake Superior & on the shores of the River which empties in to that Lake."

Notes:

The donor enlisted as a surgeon's mate in the U.S. Army in July 1801 and was promoted to apothecary general in 1813 / https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-81RN-7Z9?i=572&cc=1880…