I've "seen the Elephant"

[Edward Tinker]

Originally posted by tacfoley
Sad to say, the underlying tone of cynicism I detect on this subject leads me to suspect that you would all, to a man, tend to view my matched pair of George Washington P08's, presented to him by Ignatz Maximilian Graf von Loeffelgeier as a mark of admiration, might also be - and let's be charitable about this - somewhat less than genuine.

That having been noted, I reluctantly forbear from mentioning Ben Franklin's own AE, complete with suitably charred grip plates, as befits a man who played with lightning, also in my possession these many years...

tac

I find this hard to believe, why would Ben Franklin have been holding his lugger when lightening hunting?