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Pitt Diamond

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A diamond brought from Golconda by the grandfather of the elder Pitt, who sold it to the king of France; it figured at length in the hilt of the State sword of Napoleon, and was carried off by the Prussians at Waterloo.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Pitt Diamond'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/pitt-diamond.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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