 | United States. Arlington Memorial Amphitheater Commission - 1923 - 132 pages
...in an outburst of gratitude as he was making his will, bequeathed " his fine crab tree walking stick with a gold head curiously wrought in the form of the Cap of Liberty" to his " friend, and the friend of mankind, George Washington." This Amphitheater shall... | |
 | Fremont Rider, Frederic Taber Cooper - Washington (D.C.) - 1924 - 620 pages
..."my friend and the friend of mankind.'" The will describes it as "my fine crab-tree walking stick, with a gold head curiously wrought in the form of the Cap of Liberty. ... It was a present to me from that excellent woman, Madame de Forbach. the dowager Duchess... | |
 | James Madison Stifler - Statesmen - 1925 - 176 pages
...Philadelphia fund has not been so fortunate, but is still doing good service. His fine crab-tree walking stick with a gold head curiously wrought in the form of the cap of liberty he left to his "friend and the friend of mankind, General Washington," and his new quarto... | |
 | Eugene Ernst Prussing - Presidents - 1927 - 694 pages
...codicil to his last will and testament, we find it thus disposed of: " My fine crab-tree walking stick, with a gold head, curiously " wrought in the form of the cap of Liberty, I give to my friend, " and the friend of mankind, General Washington. If it were a " sceptre,... | |
 | Edward Howard Griggs - Biography & Autobiography - 1927 - 392 pages
...charmingly revealed in a paragraph of Franklin's Last Will. It reads: "My fine crab-tree walking-stick, with a gold head curiously wrought in the form of the Cap of Liberty, I give to my friend, and the friend of mankind, General Washington. If it were a sceptre,... | |
 | United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission - 1932 - 636 pages
...measure he seems to have accurately taken, for in his will he wrote: "My fine crab-tree-walking stick, with a gold head curiously wrought in the form of the cap of liberty, I give to my friend and the friend of mankind, General Washington. If it were a sceptre,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 588 pages
...inscription: Benjamin and Deborah Franklin to be placed over us both. My fine crab-tree walking-stick, with a gold head curiously wrought in the form of the cap of liberty, I give to my friend, and the friend of mankind, General Washington. If it were a Scepter,... | |
 | Stanley Weintraub - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 240 pages
...Washington. Six years later, in his will, Benjamin Franklin would write, "My fine crab-tree walking stick, with a gold head curiously wrought in the form of the cap of liberty, I give to my friend, and the friend of mankind, George Washington. If it were a sceptre,... | |
 | Cokie Roberts - Social Science - 2004 - 385 pages
...the old statesman's funeral on April 2l. Then there was the will: "My fine crab-tree walking-stick, with a gold head curiously wrought in the form of the cap of liberty, I give to my friend, and the friend of mankind. General Washingron. If it were a scepter,... | |
 | Edmund Sears Morgan - Medicine - 2004 - 344 pages
...Franklin evidently shared their opinion and in his will bequeathed him "my fine crabtree walking stick, with a gold head curiously wrought in the form of the cap of liberty. ... If it were a sceptre, he has merited it and would become it." 1 Immediately after the... | |
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My fine crabtree walking-stick, with a gold head curiously wrought in the form of the cap of liberty, I give to my friend, and the friend of mankind, General Washington. If it were a sceptre, he has merited it and would become it. 
