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Coreesporaeice
Junior Warden to open ah JuniorDfeacbh : '"' . ¦ ;^\ ¦' : f ' : ^ rif : f 1 st degree . 1 ^ several' '& e 0 ees ,, ^ : ^ \
These quaMcatio ^ perforin their own duties in their resjieetlv ^ bffices . Ihto very little doubt that nia tenets of this letter | but a long and a ^ high tinie that some step should be tafe gujllifiedBrethren tofillthed 1 am , dear Sir and Brother ^
, ; ;¦ S . D-yFoBBE ' v . ,, ; ; :..-. '¦; - ; r pfov ^ Colchester , Sept r i 6 ih lB 58 . ¦
Bro . the Rev . Elea ^ ir W Eleazer Williams , known as the " Dauphin , ' * firom M niissing heir to the throne ot ^ yation , on the 8 th of Augus V afe agitation of Mr . Williams ' s claim was in 1851 , when numerous paragraphs went the round of the papers , setting forth the mystery whi ^
resemblance which he bore to the Bourbon family , and various circumstan ^^ establish his claim . Mr . _ Williams was at that time a missionary of the Episcopal church at Green Bay , Wisconsin . The first circumstance , however , which brought his claims prominently te an article published m Putnam's Magazine in September , 1853 , entitled" Have we a Dauphin among us ? " The author stated that STr Williams had always supposed that he was of Indian
extraction up to the visit to America of the Prince de Joinville , in an interview with whom he had revealed to him the secret that he was heir to the throne of France . The story was constructed with ability , and well calculated to create a sensation , which it did . A point was made of the reputed recognition by Mr . Williams of the face of Simon , who was the jailor of the genuine Dauphin . So far was the excitement carried , that on his visiting New York , he was received with all the
honours of a genuine Bourbon . He became so accustomed to being looked at and shown up , that immediately on being introduced to anyone , he took off his hat for the purpose of showing , in : a more advantageous light , his resemblaiice to the royal family . By most people he was considered as either a monomaniac on the point of his hobby , or else a downright swindler , though others who knew him long ancl intimately believed in the sincerity and justice of his claim . He was a member of the Order of Freemasons , and at his death , his brethren gathered to his o bsequies from distant parts . Once , in Washington , he was assaulted with a dangerous weapon by
some unknown person , who endeavoured to take his life . He called for assistance , and though help came in time to save him , his would-be assassin escaped unharmed . He and his friends considered this attempt as some little evidence of his importance . If he was what he represented himself to be , certainly some one had an interest to have him disposed of . He kept in his humble home a collection of sermons by French divines , and an elegant robe , which , he claimed ; belonged to the Queen , his alleged mother , which , for the costliness of its fobric and manufacture , it is said , might well be taken for a royal garment . The Masons buried him with honour * . Thus has Fleaser Williams " departed to that bourne from whence no traveller i & taabj- '^ tfM TQr kPmr *
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Coreesporaeice
Junior Warden to open ah JuniorDfeacbh : '"' . ¦ ;^\ ¦' : f ' : ^ rif : f 1 st degree . 1 ^ several' '& e 0 ees ,, ^ : ^ \
These quaMcatio ^ perforin their own duties in their resjieetlv ^ bffices . Ihto very little doubt that nia tenets of this letter | but a long and a ^ high tinie that some step should be tafe gujllifiedBrethren tofillthed 1 am , dear Sir and Brother ^
, ; ;¦ S . D-yFoBBE ' v . ,, ; ; :..-. '¦; - ; r pfov ^ Colchester , Sept r i 6 ih lB 58 . ¦
Bro . the Rev . Elea ^ ir W Eleazer Williams , known as the " Dauphin , ' * firom M niissing heir to the throne ot ^ yation , on the 8 th of Augus V afe agitation of Mr . Williams ' s claim was in 1851 , when numerous paragraphs went the round of the papers , setting forth the mystery whi ^
resemblance which he bore to the Bourbon family , and various circumstan ^^ establish his claim . Mr . _ Williams was at that time a missionary of the Episcopal church at Green Bay , Wisconsin . The first circumstance , however , which brought his claims prominently te an article published m Putnam's Magazine in September , 1853 , entitled" Have we a Dauphin among us ? " The author stated that STr Williams had always supposed that he was of Indian
extraction up to the visit to America of the Prince de Joinville , in an interview with whom he had revealed to him the secret that he was heir to the throne of France . The story was constructed with ability , and well calculated to create a sensation , which it did . A point was made of the reputed recognition by Mr . Williams of the face of Simon , who was the jailor of the genuine Dauphin . So far was the excitement carried , that on his visiting New York , he was received with all the
honours of a genuine Bourbon . He became so accustomed to being looked at and shown up , that immediately on being introduced to anyone , he took off his hat for the purpose of showing , in : a more advantageous light , his resemblaiice to the royal family . By most people he was considered as either a monomaniac on the point of his hobby , or else a downright swindler , though others who knew him long ancl intimately believed in the sincerity and justice of his claim . He was a member of the Order of Freemasons , and at his death , his brethren gathered to his o bsequies from distant parts . Once , in Washington , he was assaulted with a dangerous weapon by
some unknown person , who endeavoured to take his life . He called for assistance , and though help came in time to save him , his would-be assassin escaped unharmed . He and his friends considered this attempt as some little evidence of his importance . If he was what he represented himself to be , certainly some one had an interest to have him disposed of . He kept in his humble home a collection of sermons by French divines , and an elegant robe , which , he claimed ; belonged to the Queen , his alleged mother , which , for the costliness of its fobric and manufacture , it is said , might well be taken for a royal garment . The Masons buried him with honour * . Thus has Fleaser Williams " departed to that bourne from whence no traveller i & taabj- '^ tfM TQr kPmr *