8.8 gram crusted fragment. L6
Observed fall 9 May 1827, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA.
The MetBul states 5 kg TKW. Frank wrote ">7.6 kg" which is what the newspaper article in photo 2 states.
  
Frank writes:
Photo 1. 8.8 gram crusted cut fragment
Photo 2. Photo of the newspaper account of the Drake Creek meteorite fall in the Niles' Weekly Register, Baltimore, MD, dated June 16, 1827. It was reprinted here from an account in the Nashville National Banner of May 19, 1827.
This is the earliest account I've come across of meteorites being cold.
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