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RELIC OF THE REVOLUTION.
Story of Jewel-Studded Snuff Box
Presented by Louis XVI, of France.
In "Backward Glances," printed in
the News and Courier recently there
was a reference to the raffing off in
Baltimore of the diamond-crested
snuff box presented to Col. John Laurens,
of this State, by Louis XVI, of
France. This reference was taken
from the Charleston Courier of May
19, 1866. The Courier of the day
before, that is of May 18, 1866, printed
a full and interesting story of the
presentation of this snuff box to Col.
t ?c kv fho tine nf Prance. As
JLiAUi UiiO UJ v?v va. ? ? ? .
> the details of this incident in South
Carolina are probably not familiar
fc- to most South Carolinians of this
.generation the Sunday News reprints
below the Courier's story. The Sun^
day News is not informed as to the
final disposition of the snuff box.
Probably this is known in Charleston,
but the only information available
at the moment is that contained
in Prof. Wallace's admirable "Life
of Henry Laurens." In this book, in
the sketch of Lieut. Col. John Laurens,
Prof. Wallace says:
"The king gave Laurens on the
4 completion of his mission a gold snuff
box ornamented with the royal portrait
and set with brilliants (not diamonds,
as commonly stated.) Years
afterwards the member of the family
to whom it had fallen was forced to
sell it. It was bought by an enthusiastic
admirer of Laurens wTho outbid
i i. _
all others with the intention, sne
said, of restoring it to its owner?
which, however, she omitted to do."
^ The story from the Courier follows:
\
Exhibited in Baltimore.
_ 'The eyes of 4he people of Baltimore
are just now gratified with the
L exhibition of a magnificent relic of
L Revolutionary times, which belongs
to South Carolina, and which we
HH should earnestly wish might still con|H
tinue to be possessed in this State.
HV This is the gold, and richly diamondI
I ed snuff box, which was presented
by Louis XVI, king of France, to Col.
John Laurens, the 'Bayard,' as he
was called, of the* Revolution, the
aid-de-camp, and intimate friend and
\ correspondent of Washington, who,
with Alexander Hamilton, more completely
shared the confidence of that
great chieftain than almost any other
persons, and to both of whom he so
frequently confided the task of furnishing
his correspondence from his
own notes and memoranda. The box,
which has so long been an heir-loom
. of the Laurens family, is of the purest
gold, the exterior beautifully
enamelled and studded with diamonds.
The top contains a finely
tiftintftd miniature of the king, encir
cled by thirty-four diamonds. Twenty-four
diamonds encircle its outer
edge.
t Valued at $10,000.
. "It's value was estimated, in .
1 money, at $10,000. But it possesses
a value beyond that which lies in its
gold and diamonds. As the memorial
of a great king, presented by his own
hands to one of the bravest chieftains
of the Revolutionary war, under peculiar
circumstances, it is one of
those relics of eventful times which
? - a family will always fondly cherish,
and which the collector of beautiful
, antiquities will eagerly seek to secure.
The circumstances under
which this costly gift was made to
Col. Laurens involve, of themselves,
a very interesting history. The reader
who is curious will find tfiis history
in one of the early numbers of
the American Quarterly Review, published
in Philadelphia, under the editorial
charge of Robert Walsh. We
condense the substance of this history
in a few sentences. It was at
* the most trying period of the war,
when the exigencies of the American
army had reached its utmost point at
which it could endure and hope, that
it became necessary to appoint a
special minister from the army itself,
and under the special appointment of
Washington, to solicit material aid
from the crown of France to save the
country from the reconquest of Great
Britain.
Laurens Chosen for Mission.
"Franklin was our minister at the
French court, but was doing nothing,
f and it was very well understood in
the South, at least, that between
t philosophical and scientific seances
and fashionable society, which he
greatly affected, he was neglectful of
i the interests of his country. Vergennes,
the French premier, was supposed
to be adverse to sending the
desired succor to the Americans. He
"was probably weak in the knees,
when he thought of the power of
Great Britain and the great conflicts
between that power and his own,
which were likely to follow from
French interposition. Nothing could
be done with him. To say the least
of it, he was cold. The mission was
a difficult and very delicate one; and
for this mission, Washington selected
John Laurens. He knew his man.
Laurens was not merely a daring solJ
dier, who had already acquired great
reputation for gallantry and good
conduct, but he was a courtly gen
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Dyer?Is it the kind of a play y
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Ryer?No, it's the kind you ca
keep her away from.?Life.
tleman, a most accomplished schol
a bold thinker and speaker, a gra<
ful and forcible writer, and conve
ant with the French and classii
languages. When he reach Fran
he found himself trifled with and <
layed by Vergennes.
? J fix
L/aurens s jboiu airose.
"But the Gordian knot of policy,
not to be untied by the philosophy
fingers of Franklin, couki be cut
the Alexandrian sword of Laure]
Convinced that procrastination mi
be fatal to the American cause,
declared his purpose to Franklin
appeal from the minister directly
the king. This was in defiance of
routine and etiquette. Franklin i
hemently opposed the proceedin
and anticipating a very unfavoral
and unfriendly result, told Laure
that he 'washed his hands of the cc
sequences.' This did not discoura
the latter, and at the very next g*
eral levee, when Laurens's turn i
presentation came, instead of simi
exchanging a passing courtesy wi
the monarch and passing on, he st(
ped short, and addressed the king
French, while he presented the n
morial of congress and the letters
the great Washington. His condi
ing words were very emphatic:
" 'Sire,' said he, 'should the fa\
sought for by my country be deni<
or even delayed, there is great r<
son that the sword which I wear
my side, as the ally of France, m
then be drawn against your maje*
as that of a British subject.'
King Taken by Surprise.
"The king, for the moment,
confounded, and showed much agi
tion. The surprise was comple
The novelty of the proceeding, t
grace of the speaker, blended wi
nvnuJ/oif A I^irrnlf-Ty on/1 fr\r
BU 111UCIV CAyUlSKC cuau. iui
his courage and eloquence, were w
calculated to excite surprise. T
king received the memorial and 1
ters; and the application was crov
ed with success. Men and mom
armies and vessels, a navy, and t
munitions of war, were promptly fi
nished, and th? independence of t
United States, from that mome
was un fait accompli! The admi:
tion of the king, for this bold you
aihbassador, was testified in the g
of his own portrait, one of the hi?
jst compliments at that day paid
an ambassador by great monarc!
with its incomparable setting in g(
and diamonds. Laurens sealed ]
devotion to his country with his li
"He had led the storming pai
which was successful, at the ,crov
\
ing triumph of our armies, in the t?
ing of Yorktown and the capture
Cornwallis and his army, and died
battle, in a skirmish, at the very cl<
of the war, on the banks of the Co
bahee.
The Box Raffled.
"It is sad to think that his <
scendants should now, in this hour
general tribulation among us,
compelled to part with this venera
and valuable relic of great time a
A. mi... T ~ rt.pprtT.
greui in mi. me uua id uuw uuci
in Baltimore, under the auspices
William Brown & Son, to be raff
as soon as a sufficient number
shares shall be taken at $10 each,
realize a sufficient sum to keep
from sacrifice. Three thousand d
lars have been offered for it by a s
gle individual, but refused. F
thousand dollars, it is expected, \
result from its being raffled. W]
we could especially wish is that t
beautiful relic of the Revolution n
still be retained within our Sts
and, while passing out of the hai
of the family, shall still become
heir-loom, the wonder of futi
times, in the home of some other z
worthy citizen. Surely there may
found in South Carolina some fi
or a hundred citizens willing to ti
their chance in the desire to obt
so beautiful and precious a memor
I illustrative of such a history."?N<
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