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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 7 3 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: February 5, 1861., [Electronic resource] 5 1 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 2 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: February 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], An Adventure in the Holy land. (search)
An Adventure in the Holy land. Those of our readers (and they are many) who remember the Rev. Dr. John Leyburn, for many years the favorite pastor of the Tabb street Presbyterian Church, of this city, will be interested to learn that he has recently met with quite a romantic, but exceedingly unpleasant adventure, in the Holy Land. For some months past Dr. Leyburn has been engaged in making a tour of the old world, and arriving at length in Jerusalem, started, on the 26th of December last, upon a visit to the Dead Sea and the river Jordan. He was accompanied on this trip by Mr. C. F. Low, of Minnesota; and they were attended by an experienced dragoma, in the rencontre, and overpowered. His clothing, with the exception of drawers and socks, his money and gold watch, were taken from him, and the dragoman and Dr. Leyburn were stripped of all but their underclothing. Luckily, Dr. L., by the advice of friends, had left most of his valuables and money in Jerusalem for safe-keeping