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Cannal Coal

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

February 23, 1809

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 40

Notes:

Cannel coal or candle coal is a type of bituminous coal, also classified as terrestrial type oil shale.

Anthony Slater was a Philadelphia merchant.