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Eager states that these were the bones dug out by Mr 

 Peale in 1805-6, and that he as a boy witnessed the 

 excavation. R. Peale's book on the "Mammoth," in 

 which he gives the account of his father's excavations, 

 was printed in 1802. This of 1805 may have been a later 

 undertaking. 

 1817 Chester 



Number of bones not known. 

 1838 Montgomery 



A tooth was found by Mr Daniel Embler, of New- 

 burg, on or near the farm of Samuel Dixon esq., of that 

 town. Eager. Hist. Orange County. 1848. p. 73 



1843 Orange county 



Bones of this animal are now (Sep. 16, 1843) being dis- 

 interred from the marl underlying peat in a marsh in 

 Orange county. Mather. Geol. First Dist. Addenda. 

 j8J,3. p. 636 



1844 Scotchtown (" The Shawangunk Head ") 



A fine head with a few other bones. " The strata cover- 

 ing it were 1st gravel, 2d marl, 3d peat." Warren 



1845 The Warren mastodon 



This, the most complete and one of the largest skeletons 

 yet obtained, was found in the immediate vicinity of New- 

 burg on the farm of N. Brewster. The skeleton lay with 

 most of its parts together, on stony clay, overlain by 

 shell marl, moss, peat and water. It was purchased by 

 Dr John C. Warren and removed to Boston, its present 

 location. Nothing is wanting except a part of the 

 sternum and a few caudal vertebae and small foot bones. 

 1845 Hamptonburg 



Found 12 miles southeast of Montgomery, on farm of 

 Jesse C. Cleve. Eager. Hist. Orange County. 1848. p. 73 

 1874 Otisville 



Found on sand and clay beneath a deep bed of muck 

 on farm of Alexander Mitchell. Purchased by Prof. O. C. 

 March and now in Peabody Museum, New Haven. 



Skeleton complete with exception of hind legs and 

 tusks. C. E. Beecher 



