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Petrified Clams, collected on a hill in the vicinity of Nashville, Cumberland river, Western Country

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

February 17, 1795

Primary Source Reference:

Gazette of the United States (Philadelphia), 17 Feb 1795

Additional Source Text:

Notes:

James Vanuxem (born Jacques Jean Van Uxem) (1746-1824), a native of France, was a Philadelphia merchant.

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