Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
September 22, 1818
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 94
Additional Source Text:
The donor was "of Nasarah [Nazareth]."
Notes:
Carbonate of lime is calcium carbonate. Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic (formerly Karlsbad, or Carlsbad) is the site of numerous hot springs.
The Rev. John Christian Beckler, a Moravian minister (and later bishop), was principal of Nazareth Hall, a Moravian boarding school for boys in Nazareth, Pa., from 1818-1822 / https://www.jstor.org/stable/41179752 (pp. 12-13)
