Solomon Witte
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| - | ''1740-1812. He comes in riding on the back of a leather bath-marie. He is a porcupine and receives a knife handle carved of ivory''. | + | ''Jewish-American, born in Wadowice, Poland, 1945. He comes in riding on the back of a leather bath-marie. He is a scissor-tailed platypus and receives an ivory knife-handle inlaid with discharging machine guns.'' |
| - | Member of the [[Albert Kook]] gang. An extraordinary snooker player. Habitual user of opium. Libertine. Patriot. The most extensive collection of sequined breeches in the Colonies and after, the nascent U.S. A lover of ghosts and their letters home. Gave [[Guvernor Morris]] the quill said to have written the Constitution. An ancestor of [[Stimes Addisson]]. | + | Solomon this and Solomon that, rat-a-tat-tat, forthcoming. |
| - | His birthplace is unknown, but he was killed in Washinton, D.C. during the War of 1812. | + | == Known Works == |
| - | Witte was a "macaroni," that is to say, a dandy. "His breeches were always splendid," wrote [[Guvernor Morris]]. Albert Kook wrote that he was often "resplendent." An auto-didact, Witte knew all the classical languages and had passable Japanese. He travelled on a whaling boat for 25 years as a first mate and as a captain. His job on the side was opium: importation. He also smuggled rum, was a Freemason and played a mean game of whist. | + | ---- |
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| - | He was also a decent fencer and a crack shot. He loved to surf, a habit he picked up in Hawaii. He sported an earring ring and called his wife, Truehope Mathers Witte, "Skippy." | + | |
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Jewish-American, born in Wadowice, Poland, 1945. He comes in riding on the back of a leather bath-marie. He is a scissor-tailed platypus and receives an ivory knife-handle inlaid with discharging machine guns.
Solomon this and Solomon that, rat-a-tat-tat, forthcoming.
