Kaolin, from Monkton, Addison County, Vermont in very great abundance, 7 miles from navagation

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 54

Additional Source Text:

"100 grains of Kaolin yielded 56 of silica and 43 of Alumin."

Notes:

The Monkton deposit was discovered in 1792; "Kaolin rock," or China clay, was mined sporadically at Monkton from the early 1800s until the late 1960s.

The donor may have been John Muzzy (1774-1822) of Orange County, Vermont.