Curios and relicsFurniture . THE PKBSIDENTS CS LUJBAnX AT THE WHITS HOUSE, WASHINGTON, D. 0. 244 FRANK LESLIES ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER^ was fifty-four years of age, was born in Fairfield, Con^.,and was the son of the late Heman Humphrey, D. D.,President of Amherst College, where Mr. James Hum-phrey graduated with honor and distinctton. He re-moved to Brooklyn in 1839, and became a promment _^ 1 XT« «T«a #/^T. Bomo fimp , [JcLY 7, 18G0* audience, will find themselves uslierod Into the Prtlldents private offlce—a sketch of which wo proBonl onthis page. There is nothing remarkable ab
Curios and relicsFurniture . THE PKBSIDENTS CS LUJBAnX AT THE WHITS HOUSE, WASHINGTON, D. 0. 244 FRANK LESLIES ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER^ was fifty-four years of age, was born in Fairfield, Con^.,and was the son of the late Heman Humphrey, D. D.,President of Amherst College, where Mr. James Hum-phrey graduated with honor and distinctton. He re-moved to Brooklyn in 1839, and became a promment _^ 1 XT« «T«a #/^T. Bomo fimp , [JcLY 7, 18G0* audience, will find themselves uslierod Into the Prtlldents private offlce—a sketch of which wo proBonl onthis page. There is nothing remarkable about this apartment,so far as its size, furniture, etc., are concerned; but UWB pould illustrate the osDlratlonB. the hoi>e8, the un- 1^. Lincoln examining the rifle of Seth Kinman after the California hunter had presentedhim with an elkhom chair. Library of Congress. given to Lincoln, managed to escape thesouvenir hunters. It was the handiw^ork ofSeth Kinman, a woodsman of renown fromCalifornia, who had come to Washington forthe presentation ceremony. The press de-scribed him as dressed in a full suit of buck-skin: pants, heavy coat, and a large fur hat,which, with his flowing beard, gave him aunique appearance. He had attracted muchattention on Pennsylvania Avenue, and atFords Theatre which he had attended theevening before calling on the President. Hecarries his rifle with him on all occasions and dehghts in having his picture taken, read onenewspaper report. The article stated that the President hadgreeted him pleasantly and, after examiningthe chair minutely, sat in it and expressedhimself as highly pleased with the workman-ship. It was made almost entirely of elk horns,firmly braced together, the seat made of elks
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