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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. "
The New Universal Biographical Dictionary, and American Remembrancer of ... - Page 407
by James Hardie - 1801
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General Washington's Christmas Farewell: A Mount Vernon Homecoming, 1783

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,...
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Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation

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,...
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The Genuine Article: A Historian Looks at Early America

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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Benjamin Franklin the First Civilized American

Phillips Russell - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 340 pages
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The Compleated Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Mark Skousen, Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 514 pages
...inscription: Benjamin And Deborah Franklin 178to 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 Sceptre,...
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Character Portraits of Washington As Delineated by Historians and Divines ...

William Spohn Baker - 2006 - 356 pages
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Life And Times Of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 2

James Parton - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 716 pages
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The Way to Wealth and Other Writings on Finance

Benjamin Franklin - Business & Economics - 2006 - 168 pages
...inscription: BENJAMIN AND DEBORAH FRANKLIN 178to 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 sceptre,...
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Nostradamus: The Good News

Mario Reading - Prophecies (Occultism) - 2007 - 314 pages
...Smithsonian Institution. Franklin described the cane as follows: '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,...
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: 1706-1757, Volume 1; Volumes 1706-1757

Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 513 pages
...inscription: Benjamin And Deborah Franklin 178to 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 Sceptre,...
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