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Show WASHINGTON RELICS ON SALE IN LONDON Lock of the First President's Hair Sells for $100, While a Letter Brings $900. NEW YORK, Nov. 29. Coincident-ally Coincident-ally from London and Now York there came to light today two curious items of Americans, both concerning souvenirs souve-nirs of George "Washington's administration adminis-tration of the United States. It appears ap-pears that tho famous general's hair is declining in price, while ono of his letters is selling at a high figure The hair, a lock of which is asserjed on oath to bo ono clippod from tho head of Washington by one of the pallbearers pall-bearers at his funeral, and which sold last year at auction for $4S0, was disposed, dis-posed, of at a salo hero vesterdav for $100. At the same time in .London a letter written by Washington on the day after his election as tho first president of this country, was sold for 900. The. lettor is ono "to Satuuol Powell, dated February 5, 1780. The letter -was never published. In it Washington refers" to George Hi's first attack of madness, saying, "J3e tho cau80 of tho British king's insanity insan-ity what it may, his situation (if alivi-) mcri ts commiseration. ' ' |