Skip to main content
Please wait...

Specimens of Rhode Island Coal

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

April 27, 1809

Primary Source Reference:

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

Notes:

Tench Coxe (1755-1824) was an American political economist and a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress in 1788–1789. He owned vast acreage of Pennsylvania timber and coal lands.