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Magnetic Iron ore, from Schuylers Mountain

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

May 4, 1808

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 30

Notes:

This specimen was magnetite.

Schuyler Mountain is five miles southeast of Schuylerville, N.Y.

The donor was Mordecai Heston (1783-1813) of Lancaster County, Pa. / http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hestonfamily/genealogy/family-history/fo…