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A Piece of Hogs Skin Tanned as Leather 3/4 of an Inch thick

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

June 18, 1812

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 61

Additional Source Text:

"Tanned by Mr. Benjamin Tate in Richmond."

Notes:

Charles C. Hieskell, of Fredericksburg, Va., emigrated to Nacogdoches, Texas in 1822, a time when Mexico was engouraging immigration from the United States.

Specimen Type:

Skins