Record #:

13531

Author(s):

Nichols, Mildred Satterfield

Abstract:

In the early years of 1800 Captain Samuel Pointer, a Virginian, entertained a traveling merchant from India. This stranger expressed his gratitude with a parting gift to Captain Pointer. Now this celebrated \"India Madstone\" is again changing hands; the only surviving daughter of Captain Pointer is giving this family relic to the medical department of the University of North Carolina.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 21 Issue 42, Mar 1954, p6, f

Subject(s):

Gifts; Relics