[meteorite-list] Plagues, philadelphia, and meteorites

[tracy latimer]

I am presently reading a book called "An American Plague: the true and 
terrifying story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793", by Jim Murphy.  It 
describes the progress of yellow fever through Philadelphia in the late 
summer and fall of 1793.  At the end of one chapter, it tells how George 
Washington had to leave the city at the insistence of his wife.

"Two days after the president left [on September 10]... a meteorite fell out 
of the morning sky and thudded into Third Street."  If this is true, where 
does the metorite now reside, and does anyone have any additional 
information about it?  I find it of interest, not only because it would have 
been a documented fall, but also a 'birthday' meteorite for me.  If not 
true, the writer needs to correct his information.

T

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