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Photographer: Sandra Hughes
Taken: September 25, 2012
Caption: Charter Oak Chair was made from the tree that was on this site.
Additional Description: The Lieutenant Governor presides from the Charter Oak Chair. This chair was carved from the fallen oak tree which hid the self-governing charter given to the colony by King Charles II in 1662. This chair can be seen on a guided tour of the inside of the Capitol Building of Connecticut.
Submitted: October 4, 2012, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.
Database Locator Identification Number: p221918
File Size: 1.189 Megabytes

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