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Specimens of Cornwell ores

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

December 9, 1792

Primary Source Reference:

Selected Papers, 2, part 1: 45

Notes:

Charles Willson Peale acknowledged what were probably mineral deposits of copper and tin from the mines of Cornwall, England in a letter to Christian Magus of 9 Dec 1792. There is no other record of Magus's donation to the Peale Museum.