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Jefferis as well as other minerals gathered from around the world. Ninety percent of the specimens in the Hillman Hall's Pennsylvania exhibit room came from his personal collection, and twelve thousand items from Jefferis's
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Philadelphia. He traveled twice to England and Continental Europe, touring museums and conferring with European naturalists. He accepted the position of curator in charge of the
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Williams, and collected mineral specimens from the quarries and mines of the region. He exchanged specimens with other collectors and scientists in New York, Britain, and continental Europe. Notable U.S. correspondents included
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Jefferis joined his father's bank as a clerk in 1843. He rose through the ranks and eventually worked as cashier (second in charge) at the Bank of
Chester County from November 1, 1857, to June 3, 1883, succeeding
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Cabinet of Natural Science (West Chester's scientific organization), befriended leading naturalists in the area such as
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he contributed specimens for illustration. Over the decades, Jefferis acquired and meticulously cataloged up to 35,000 mineral specimens, including a novel type of
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