CASKET CONTAINING BEADS & PARCHMENT FOUND IN P STREET BACK YARD
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On January 12, 1924, The Evening Star reports "a mold-encrusted leaden casket containing...crudely shaped beads" and "a document...made of parchment paper" was discovered in the back yard of Russell Kaufman at 1520 P Street, Northwest here in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Kaufman, one week ago, dug up a lead plate "bearing a name..." similar to that of the first white child born in America. Mr. Kaufman has turned the materials over to the staff of the Metropolitan Museum in New York City to determine if they "indicate the burial place of the lost baby, Virginia Dare*."
While the scientists are working, Russell Kaufman has let it be known he is doing no more digging in his back yard. He said, "I've had enough."
JFK+50 NOTE
The mystery of "The Lost Colony" is well known, but has never been solved. The only thing my namesake found on his return was the word 'CROATOAN' carved into a wooden post. Historians speculate these people were captured by Native Americans, attacked and taken captive by the Spanish, or went inland and were absorbed into a friendly tribe.
There is no information that we can find about what the scientists at Metropolitan Museum concluded about the items provided to them by Mr. Kaufman.
*Virginia Dare, born on August 18, 1587, was the 1st English child born in the New World. Her mother, Eleanor, was the daughter of John White, governor of the Roanoke Colony (NC).
Gov. White returned to England for supplies & when he returned in 1590 the 80 men, 17 women & 11 children, including his daughter & granddaughter, were gone. They are known as "The Lost Colony."
SOURCE
"Ancient Papers Found In Casket Near Dare Plate," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., January 12, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
