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Maryland, a friend of Washington and one of the physicians who 

 attended him in his last illness, was donated by Mrs. Mary J. Roach, 

 of Washington, and other descendants of Dr. Brown. A card of 

 admission to the Senate gallery at the Capitol during the impeach- 

 ment trial of President Johnson in 1868 was contributed by Dr. 

 Hugh M. Smith, of Washington. 



The last report recorded the acquisition by the Museum of a 

 number of gold and silver medals which had belonged to Matthew 

 Fontaine Maury, Commander, U. S. Navy, donated to the United 

 States by several of his descendants, in connection with many manu- 

 scripts and other articles deposited in the Library of Congress, as a 

 memorial in his honor. It is desired to supplement the statement 

 there made by a more specific reference to the fact that these valued 

 tokens, the gifts of sovereigns and foreign governments, were pre- 

 sented to this distinguished Naval officer in recognition of the services 

 he rendered to the commerce and navigation of the world through 

 his wind and current charts, his physical geography of the sea, and 

 his extended researches connected therewith, which constituted a 

 contribution of incalculable importance to the w^elfare of mankind. 

 It is also necessary to correct the dates assigned to two of the medals, 

 as the Humboldt medal was presented in 1855 instead of 1865, and 

 the Austrian great gold medal of science, in 1858 instead of 1868. 

 Two additions were made to this collection during last year. One 

 was a bronze medal of the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of 

 All Nations, held in London in 1851; the other a gold electrotype of 

 the gold medal awarded by Oscar I, King of Sweden and Norway, 

 the original of which belongs to Miss Ann H. Maury, of Richmond. 

 Both of these were received through Mrs. Mary Maury Werth, the 

 rephca, in fact, having, by courtesy of Miss Maury, been made for 

 and presented by her. 



The only pictures of historical interest permanently acquired 

 during the year were the following, presented by Maj. Wilham 

 Boerum Wetmore, of Washington: An oil portrait of George Peabody, 

 by Lowes Dickinson, 1869; an oil painting by N. H. Trotter, 1897, 

 entitled "Held up," showing an early railroad train stopped by a 

 large herd of buffalo which are crossing the track immediately in 

 front of the engine ; an engraving of the Charter Oak, and three water- 

 color paintings executed in the early part of the nineteenth century, 

 two being of the U. S. Frigate Constitution, and one of the U. S. 

 Schooner SJiarlc. The Museum was also indebted to Maj. Wetmore 

 for a varied collection of relics of the Civil War. The plaster model 

 by Frank E. ElweU, from which was cast the bronze statue of Rear 

 Admiral Charles H. Davis, U. S. Navy, for the Vicksburg National 

 Military Park, was deposited by the War Department; and an oil 



