siderite
Date: 1795
Inventory Number: 0048
Classification: Mineral
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Dimensions:
mineral: 5.7 x 8.9 cm (2 1/4 x 3 1/2 in.)
Bibliography:
The Apparatus of Science at Harvard, 1765-1800
Description:
Mineral sample made of dark tan crystalline flakes.
Signedunsigned
Historical AttributesIn year III of the French Republic, the committee of Public Safety, through the agency of M. Mozard, Consul in Boston, presented to Harvard a collection of 189 mineralogical specimens in token, as the letter of transmittal declared, of "the Fraternall sentiments which Unites you to us." It was hoped that a continuing exchange might thus be begun between Harvard and the Agency of Mines of the French Republic. Harvard accepted and exhibited the gift, but the sudden and unexpected overthrow of the Committee of Public Safety prevented any reciprocal exchange.
ProvenanceDonated to Harvard University by the French Committee of Public Safety.
Published ReferencesDavid P. Wheatland, The Apparatus of Science at Harvard, 1765-1800 (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968), 198.
