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PA 43 A
Note: Edward Payson Weston. Weston was a champion walker whose first long-distance trek followed a lost bet. He wagered that Douglas would win the 1860 election and promised to walk (from Boston) to Lincoln's January inaugration in Washington if he…
PA 18 B
Note:
Poem?
Commodore Foote’s Dream.
Reclining, at the close of day,
Upon my tiny bed.
I heard the whispering Fairies say,
We come, with noiseless tread.
We come, brave little Commodore,
To measure height and size;
We wager half our golden…
PA 18 A
Note:
Left, Charles W. Nestel (Commodore Foote)
Center, (Colonel Small)
Right, Eliza Nestel (The Fairy Queen)
CLA 17 A
Note: Despite his celebrity, Peel's brief life (1841-1869) was so tumultuous opportunities to document it with visual images were scattershot.