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Description
Large collage 2: black and white sketch "James Bowie did not make the Bowie Knife", including James Bowie, Rezin P. Bowie, and James Black.
Transcription
James Bowie did not make the Bowie knife
It was made by James Black a blacksmith of Washington, Ark., after Bowie's design
$25 Reward
Lost: In or near Washington, on the 9th inst., a BOWIE KNIFE, with silver handle and scabbard. On the handle is engraved, "From E.S.C. Robertson to W.A. Pitts" $25 will be paid for its delivery at this office.
Advertisement in the Washington Telegraph Sept. 17, 1862-
REZIN P. BOWIE, after whom the knife was said to be named -
W.J. Lemke '33-
Physical Description
Document, 8" x 11"
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000379, Image 69
Resource Type
Image
Collection
Walter J. Lemke drawings collection: biographical sketches, MS.000379
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Large Collage 2, Walter J. Lemke drawings collection: biographical sketches, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
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Disciplines
United States History
