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Can Anyone Read This Postit Note.

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Posted 03/15/2018 4:04 pm

Interesting if true about Pope Pius IX sending marble for the construction of the Washington Monument and that the Know Nothings stole the marble. That is all I can decipher with any certainty.

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Edited by stampfan9 - 03/15/2018 4:11 pm

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Posted 03/15/2018 4:19 pm

cornerstone laid 7/4/1848

some? travel he used
to lay capital 1793
granite soft-
N. of original spot
Pope Puis IX sent
marble block 2
Rome - "know Nothing"
stole it

Don

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Posted 03/15/2018 4:22 pm

Don, thank you kindly.
Robert

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Posted 03/15/2018 4:23 pm

cornerstone laid 7/4/1848

same trowel re-used
to lay Capitol 1793
ground soft-marsh
N. of original spot
Pope Pius IX sent
marble block 2
Rome - "Know Nothings"
stole it

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Presenting the GermanStamps.net Collection - Germany, Colonies, & Occupied Territories, 1872-1945

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Posted 03/15/2018 4:24 pm

Interesting story.

https://www.newsmax.com/us/popes-st...1/id/639920/

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Posted 03/15/2018 4:24 pm

"same trowel he used"

"ground soft - moved"

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Edited by John Becker - 03/15/2018 4:26 pm

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Posted 03/15/2018 4:31 pm

Is this a normal post-it note or a special printing post-it note??

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Posted 03/15/2018 4:59 pm

Thanks all for the replies, the note now makes good sense to me.

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