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Fine Garnets, from Delaware & Concord County at the Cross keys, 22 Miles from Philada.

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

October 14, 1804

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 3

Notes:

Cross Keys, in Concord Township, Delaware County, Del., was the site of a tavern from 1787 to 1836. Garnet mines were established in nearby present-day Garnet Valley in 1879.