Curios and relicsFurniture . A colorful marclier in the procession was California hunterSeth Kinnian, who had recently Lincoln with an elk-horn chair of his own construction. Lincoln, he said, was thefirst to occupy it—he had fought off hundreds of eager sitters. Another mourner, Frederick Douglass, the six-foot tall, fierycivil rights leader, was one of the first Negroes ever to be enter-tained socially at the White House. He was received by in the East Room on March 5, 1865, and told the Presi-dent his inaugural address the day before had been a sacredeffort. Said Linco
Curios and relicsFurniture . A colorful marclier in the procession was California hunterSeth Kinnian, who had recently Lincoln with an elk-horn chair of his own construction. Lincoln, he said, was thefirst to occupy it—he had fought off hundreds of eager sitters. Another mourner, Frederick Douglass, the six-foot tall, fierycivil rights leader, was one of the first Negroes ever to be enter-tained socially at the White House. He was received by in the East Room on March 5, 1865, and told the Presi-dent his inaugural address the day before had been a sacredeffort. Said Lincoln, There is no mans opinion that I valuemore than Old Seth Kinman i The Famous Hunter Tells Some Interesting Stories His Tripe To Washington. (From the San Francisco Alta.) A goodly company was gathered about old Seth Kinman,the famous California hunter, in the comfortable reading roomof the International Hotel last evening. Seth was in the bestof story-telling moods, and perhaps many present enjoyed theentertainment more than the hero of the momentp who, as he recalledthe ancient incidents, appeared to bask in the genial reya of thelong ago, when his eye was keener, his step firmer, and his haira little darker than to-day. Old Seth was born in Union County,Pa., Sept. 29, 1615; consequently he is now a little past is fully 6 feet tall. His hair is long and white, and his fullbeard the same. His eyes are, however, remarkably bright, and heis unusually active for one of his advanced years. His featuresare these of a typical hunter, bronzed and wrinkled, but reflectingthe glow of health. He was dressed in a long buckskin sack,heav
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