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Oolite, from Peter's Creek 17 miles S.W. of Shawnee Town, State of Illinois -- discovered and pres[ente]d by A. Jessup

A flint formed in clay

A Specimen of Clay found near the Sulphur springs Virginia

A Collection of Minerals Viz. Potstone. Zeolite. Lava. Quartz. Marble. Granite. Basalt. Toadstone. Horn Blend. Asbestoid. Magnesia. Volcanic [Hogy?]. Muricatuli. Black Iron-Ore

Natural Petrolium, or Native Tar Bitumen, from a spring in Harden County [Ky.]

Stalactite, from a Cave at the foot of the Blue Mountain 5 miles from Harrisburg, Pena.

Transition Rock, from near green pond mountain. New Jersey

Pudding Stone, a Species of Marble of which the colums in the Capital [Capitol] at Washington are made

Wood Coal or Jet from Passamaquady River about 17 miles, from the mouth of the River.

Five specimens of Marble from the Middlebury Quarry, Vermont

Stone, which when burnt and mixed with water forms a good Cement, from the sea shore near Harwich, England

Trap from Rocky Hill near Princeton N. Jersey

A specimen of Clay, procured from a Bank at Christiana in the State of Delaware

A fragment of a quartose rock

Specimen of Marble, of a very fine texture, from a quarry lately opened by the donor, at Bennington, (Vermont)