Stone Coal, from near Wilksbury [Wilkes-Barre], Louserne [Luzerne] County Pennsylvania on the Susquehannah

Object Status:

Unlocated

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