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Native Sulphur from the Island of Banda

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

February 16, 1818

Primary Source Reference:

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 16 Feb 1818

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Notes:

William and Sarah (Mead) DeCharms immigrated from England to Philadelphia in 1793. William practiced medicine and Sarah kept a boardinghouse in Philadelphia that served members of the early U.S.Congress in that city.

The Banda Islands, part of what was historically known as the Spice Islands and now Indonesia, are a group of ten small volcanic islands in the Banda Sea, about 1,200 miles east of Java.

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