JRC: In your recent message to Linda, you referred to the "great fortune" some turn-of-the-century Carpenter researchers hoped to claim. I remember reading of this treasure hunt (probably in the intro to "Carpenter Memorial"...which portion I haven't reviewed in some time; maybe elsewhere, too.) I'm wondering whether you kow what became of that forlorn hope. Not that I'm trying to revive the chimera...but I'm curious as to how the story ends. Here are some possibilities: (a) they found it, but the "fortune" wasn't worth it. (b) found it, but couldn't get it. (c) never could find it. (d) someone found it, but claimed it and kept it himself. (e) disproven entirely. RLC P.S. In addition to the $$$, it seems to me there was also a kind of anglo-aristophilic pride involved. We'd all like having a king or famous admiral (or at lease a duke or baronet) among our forebears, but I think the turn-of-the-century ethos valued such connections far more than we do today. Thus the great effort in "Carpenter Memorial" to lay American claim to English coat of arms.