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A Petrifaction found in digging a well, 30 feet below the surface of the earth

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

July 15, 1797

Primary Source Reference:

Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser, 15 July 1797

Additional Source Text:

"On Mr. Osmon Sprigg's farm, Prince George County, Maryland."

The donor was "of Maryland."

Notes:

The donor may have been the Joseph Hall who was a Revolutionary War surgeon in the Maryland militia and a founder of the Maryland Medical and Chirurgical Facilty in 1799.