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Stone Coal, from the vicinity of Wilksbarre 120 Miles from Phila.

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

October 21, 1808

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 36

Notes:

Stone coal is another term for anthracite coal.

The donor was Robert Maskell Patterson (1787-1854), the son of Robert Patterson (1742-1824) and a chemist, mathematician, and physician.