Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
June 18, 1806
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale to Dr. Archibald Bruce, 18 June 1806, Selected Papers, 2, part 2:968-969
Additional Source Text:
"The American Topaz we received from a Lapedary [jeweler], the Gentleman who found it would not tell where he got it, but we have good reason to believe it was in Virginia, as we have received accounts of it from several other Gentlemen. The specimen we have is very small, but beautiful."
