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A Bucks Horn, dug out of a well at the Penitentiary House, Richmond, Virginia

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

April 30, 1807

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 22

Additional Source Text:

"At the depth of about Ninety Six feet below the Surface of the Earth -- In the Vicinity were also found many Teeth evidently those of a Shark."

Notes:

John Mayo (1760-1818) represented Henrico County in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1785–86, 1793, and 1796.

Specimen Type:

Individual parts