Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
April 10, 1812
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 60
Additional Source Text:
"From the Coal mines belonging to Mr. Cunliffe. Chesterfield County Virginia, near Richmond. (about 140 feet below the surface.) found and pr[esented] by Mr. John Adams Paxton."
Notes:
John Cunliffe (1758-1824) operated the Buck and Cunliffe coal mine near Midlothian, Va.
Paxton was a publisher of city directories for Philadelphia, New Orleans, and St. Louis.
