The Daily Dispatch: May 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], A Curiosity.

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A Curiosity.

--A correspondent of the Lynchburg Republican, writing from Manassas Gap Junction, says:

‘ I was shown the other day one of the most remarkable specimens of workmanship I ever remember of seeing, besides being one of the greatest curiosities. It is a flute, in three joints, made of pure rock crystal, beautifully carved out and polished, and is supposed to have been made by a convict in the mines of Siberia. It was presented to James Madison, then Minister to France, in 1813, and has the following inscription on the silver bands around the joints--first, ‘"A. S. E., James Madison, des Etats Unis "’ and ‘"Lauvent a Paris, 1813."’ It was bequeathed by the ex-President to a nephew of his, and by him left to a gentleman, one of the commanding officers at this post, to whom it now belongs. I have heard the flute valued at $5,000, and is the only one of its kind known to be in the world.

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The Daily Dispatch: May 25, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. May 25, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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A Curiosity.