$975.00
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Item Code: 1030-324
Here is a 3/8” thick slice of wood that measures 4 ¼” in diameter. Glued to one side is the remains of an old, printed label:
“Richmond, Va., May 20, 1890.
I, C.L. Parker, hereby cer[tify] that this block once formed a [___] of the flag-pole that is said to have [___] the Confederate flag that floated over the Confederate Congress. The pole was cu[t] down as being unfit for use on accoun[t] of being warped or crooked, and this block was cut from it.
C.L. PARKER
State of Virginia, City of Richmond:
[Per]sonnally appeared before me, C. Lee Moore, [N]otary Public in and for the city aforesaid in the Stat[e] of Virginia, C.L. Parker, whose name is signed t[o] above writing, and made oath to the truth of the statements contained therein. Given under my hand this 21st day of May, 1890, C. Lee Moore, Notary Public.” [jet]
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