RE: [Harp-L] civil war harps



Yeah, the mayor of nearby Harrisburg PA (state capital) decided to open
a civil war museum (guess Gettysburg's wasn't good enough or not a good
enough place for this?) and an old west museum (in PA?). Anyway, he
became a target for every shyster and con artist and squandered lots of
taxpayer money on so-called "artifacts" that were later found to be
bogus, quite the mess. So this business is full of deceptions. Caveat
emptor.

Harp content: I'm not sure if he bought any harps but I think he's the
one that outbid Garry on the 1864 Bassman :^)

PS Harrisburg is currently broke and laying off firemen, police officers
and were praying we wouldn't get that snowstorm because they had no
cleanup money despite a mild winter so far. Sigh.

Bill Hines
Hershey, PA

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Behalf Of Thomas McGovern
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 1:53 PM
To: 'Garry Hodgson'; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Harp-L] civil war harps

Many years ago, while traveling, I purchased a small collection of Civil
War battlefield relics, including bullets, uniform buttons and a
harmonica reed plate.  The seller, at a flea market, claimed had
collected the relics himself by combing through various battle sites.
I'm not sure at which battlefield he said he found it.  The reed plate
is somewhat beaten up, but is brass colored, and looks pretty darned
similar to those we see today. I'll be at the Buckeye in April, and
would be glad to bring the collection if anyone interested in seeing it.


Tom McGovern
Richmond, MI 






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