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Post by Diane Merkel on Mar 14, 2006 12:38:16 GMT -6
This article makes me wonder how many bits and pieces of the LBH lives are scattered about the country. "You know who Miles Keogh is?" Panagopulos asked. "He fought and died with [Gen. George] Custer at Little Big Horn. Here's a letter, signed by him, in which he writes, `I will have some of their hair before they have mine.'" An ill-advised boast, as it turned out. For the entire article: tinyurl.com/l8boo(Thanks for the tinyurl link, TreasureDude. I used to see links with that address, but I didn't realize it was a free service.) |
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Post by Melani on Mar 14, 2006 13:00:47 GMT -6
Actually, I'm pretty sure he did get a few of them before they got him. And they didn't get his hair--they left it in place!
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Post by Tricia on Mar 14, 2006 16:43:38 GMT -6
Wonderful tidbit, Diane. And what it took Keogh less than twelve words to express, it would have taken Custer half a page! Oh, the floridness and literary bluster ...
LMC
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Post by elisabeth on Mar 18, 2006 4:31:35 GMT -6
Yes, he did have a way with words, our Keogh ...
I think this letter is yet another from the Lawrence collection, now tragically scattered to the four winds. Poor Dr Lawrence must be revolving at 78 rpm in her grave!
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Post by Diane Merkel on Mar 18, 2006 11:08:29 GMT -6
Yes, it's a shame, isn't it? I wish her collection had been placed with a library or museum but, even then, there would be no assurance it would ever see the light of day or not be sold.
Which makes me wonder . . . those of you who collect books and/or artifacts, where are you going to leave your collection? To a library or museum? To your family who may not appreciate it (think "yard sale")?
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Post by elisabeth on Mar 19, 2006 7:49:25 GMT -6
That's a good question, Diane. So far I've been listing all my Custer-related books, and have told my heir (my brother) that when I fall off the twig, he'll probably get more for them if they're sold as a collection than just as a job lot of second-hand books. But ... you raise an interesting thought.
Maybe the LBHA, or Friends of the Little Big Horn, or someone -- or all interested organisations combined -- could endow a library/museum of some kind? (Or a wing or section in an existing one, to be more realistic.) With strict legal protection against abything being sold off, of cours. And then any of us who fear the yard-sale fate could leave our stuff to that. It could become quite a resource, over time!
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