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Started by lunar
Thu, 19 Nov 1998 00:00
JEFFERSON BROUGHT MARIE ANTONETTE'S EMRALD EARINGS TO THE U.S.!!
Author: lunar
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 00:00
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I would like to know ifr any one knows any information about the emrald earings of Marie Antonette on display at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C.. The diaplay says that these were the earing by which they (Louie and Marie) were recognized after their escape from Paris during the revolution. HOWEVER it fails to say anything about the way in which they got to America! There is a story which my history teacher told that during this time when the French were forging their constitution (a fact that Thomas Jefferson was embassdor of U.S.A. in Paris at the time) and after their capture at the border and brought back to Paris Jefferson went to visit the king and queen in their jail cells. Marie then told Jefferson that we will will escape again but this time you take my earings so we don't get caught. Jefferson took the earings and put it in his pocket. when he left them he found out they were to be beheaded by the guillotine. And he kept the earings and when he got back to the US he must have given the earings to a histrical society or something of the likes which in turn today can be seen in the Smithsonian!! IF ANY ONE CAN VALIDATE THIS STORY PLEASE POST YOU REPLY OR IF YOU HAVE ANY INFO -- PLEASE!! THANK YOU POST YOUR MESSAGE OR REPLY TO MY EAMIAL OR BOTH!! THANKS AGAIN
Re: JEFFERSON BROUGHT MARIE ANTONETTE'S EMRALD EARINGS TO THE U.S.!!
Author: Rob
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 00:00
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lunar wrote: > > I would like to know ifr any one knows any information about the emrald > earings of Marie Antonette... This has absolutely nothing to do with wargames, so please stop cross-posting it to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.war-historical. Thank you. Robert
Re: JEFFERSON BROUGHT MARIE ANTONETTE'S EMRALD EARINGS TO THE U.S.!!
Author: General Balthus
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 00:00
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 00:00
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Hmmm. Maybe we SHOULD craft a strategic computer simulation of the transport of the jewels in question to American shores. Sounds like a good scenario for "Age of Sail"! LOL -- General Balthus antaresreef@earthlink.net "If you ain't learnin', you ain't goin' nowhere."
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