Specimen of Marble, of a very fine texture, from a quarry lately opened by the donor at Bennington Vermont

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 62

Notes:

William S. Cardell discovered a marble deposit on his land near Bennington in Oct 1811. See Transactions of the Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts, in the State of New-York ,vol. 4, part 1 (1816): Appendix, pp. 19-23.