The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-25


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his Amsreah correspondent had prnb-
abb git hts nfurtna,lun from N. -Sstivs
~ Gvnlford- IN Notes nd Qss1ss. Nsich
can hardly h. curr-t. n do.~ ~, harmon
la wiih the porc'Ain Jar story. and the
latter 10 ins sao, the sale wa net az Ash.
bur Of N" Normandy Farm pr-mls-.
Chsnb-li nav have keps IN" remains some
vesss Tor tho r->sv-r. George Wei, hut
n any VIEW tb-r- Ia isso n could u0ly h. 70
b--n a few Of this hrn.< which. a. GILL prs
entity appesr got separated from the r~~t.
la hat year they were Ia p0S--sSion of
BENJAMIN nuy.
About nO lilly DID In tho bousr Of q
Mr. Ohm. q WOOL merchant " hfhna |
ircen. wher- he had r,--'ded. and left th-re
q number % Coth~rt's manuscripts and
r~hc- According To a statement usd. a.
me by the Rev. 0ss~se Keynoktr Of ~
St.ptey urrn. London. his attention was
called to these rehcs In 1879 10y a daughter
81 Mr.. CHM. she being a m~mb-r 81 the
Baptist church Of which he. Reynolds
was then M lister.
tie purchased tho box OF papers and
r~olics. which proved 20 10 msnuscs yts -
Cobtett and some 81 tn. brain and hair
Of Pane. OF which Nj. Rsvnolds remained
until lAtsly In p~os-aSson- frum thee
papers be- asoertained that Bsnjauln T.ly
had owned Paines skeleton. and he az
onc. inquired stout Il.
Mrs uinn SAID tha IA cleaning the room
after Tillv's death she found q 10, 81 bones
IN a arg. bag and sold them to a rag and
bone cLlestor. Mr.. Reynolds says she did
not appear TO know they were human
oones. MIR. CHM. however. knew they
were.h,unan. and said It was a skeleton
with 'hc exception of.the skull and leg or
arm.
On hearing this story OF Mrs. CHM Il
struck mo that there was an sccent ~
sophis'icaton about Il. The rag and bone
COLLECTOR must have known they w~re
human bnne~. II she did not. She may
have expeasd to gain some credit with
the Bsptist pasior for having turned
the remains Of notorious Tom Paine into
mere rubbish and dus
afterwurd discovered that her stury
was n,' true and also. what Mr.. REYNOLDS
did not know. that the skull and right hand
OF rNine had bsfore T1.ly's death been re-
moved and gone on a carer Of their own.
], - probable that lilly never knew tha,
any of the bones had been removed from
the box. The late Joseph Cow-u. NJ p.
Of Newcl-tle-ou-Tyne. Wru'H me- that
about 1853 h. WAS consulted nv JAMES
Watsoa concerning The prnpriety Of a public
llrial 81 Psine'- b mes al kensal Green.
Watson said thew wer. IN the Possession of
a tailor who kept them In a box ON which
he AT while AT work
Mr.. Coxen went with Watson 20 the shop
OF the tailor. who. however. was not at home,
On his next visit 10 London he again went
To the place. but the tailor had removed
without leaving any address.
~psEAcHkR'a RELICS or P.iSE.
Mesnv hile, a lecture | gave in London
IN 1879 on Thomas Paine attrnCt't che az
,an.inn - the late fdward Truelove. tho
veteran publisher ~ rationsli-t literature.
who wrote me D~c. ?. 1919. that In 1883 or
1854 the Rev Robert Ainslie came into his
.hop In the strand. and. observing Paine's
works, volunteered the very startling m
formation that he. the Rev. Robert Ain-iie.
had in his Possession the skull and RICH,
hand 81 Thomas Paine. but did not sav
how he came nv them, evading nv que--
ton
Mr.. Ainslie was not aware that Mr.. True
low knew his nam. but the bookseller
rnoc gni,@d him ~ tho Secretary 81 'h.
London City Mission, under whose auspices
many years before a cnur~a Of Lectures
had h~en given H. E,el. Street Chapel
against "Infdel Socialism Mr.. Ain-li.
gave one 20 tho l~Ntur--. and Mr. Trp-lov.
was naturally startled that anv remains -
Paine should have fallen into such orthodox
hands
However,. he did NOT mention 20 Mr..
Ainsli. that he recognized him. Bu, on
a later occasion. whrn N" minister again
entered his shop. in Hollorn, he Rsked him
what had haNom" - Paine's bones. and his
question was not answered
Mr. kinsli. probably h-camo the owner
Of Paina'- skull and right hand hefor.
George West brought the boI 10 Benjamin
Tilly Mr.. Ainslir's daughter. Margar-tta,
nfTt VIE OF 'ne lAtS NT hlss-ll IsvnOlds.
having reviewed an inquiry Of min. ad-
dressed In 1877 To her father. who died be-
fore II arrived. answered.
MIR Thomas Paine's bones were In our
Possession remember Thorn a. a child.
hut I h,liave they wern lot In IA" various
movinss which my father had -ome years
asn. | can find no trsca ~ them. but II I
do Nv mor- inquiries will inform YOU
| heard nothing more from Lady
Pavnolis. and she died In 1871 The late
Sir Russell Reynolds had. a. h~ wrote mo.
AN obscure recollection 10 having seen N.
lpnc- % a hand a great many year. ago
A. Margar.tta Ain-lie was married. In 1852
her TO COLLECTIONS probably extended into
the wears preceding is4t. when Watson
says the bones were brought 10 London.
WIRE rHFsg DIN
4 brother Of The Rev Rotpart Ainslie was
an . iinsnt veterinary surgeon and WAS
connected with tho estate - Lord King
~ Ockham, NOT far from Cobh@tt's place
II Wa through him that m" Rev Robert
aiuslie heard Of p1lUa'- b1uar