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children; while belonging with it are many documents in the form 

 of Gen. Grant's Army commissions, honorary diplomas, addresses, 

 etc., which are installed in cases more appropriate for them in the 

 west north range. In a case near his father's are uniforms, swords, 

 and other interesting articles of Maj. Gen. Frederick D. Grant, con- 

 nected with his campaigns in Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands, 

 followed by memorials of the same type relating to Gen. Sherman 

 and Maj. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick. Other Civil War figures repre- 

 sented in the western section of the hall and also partly in the range 

 are Maj. Gens. C. C. Washburn, George A. Custer, W. S. Harney 

 and Thomas Swords ; Brig. Gens. William B. Hazen, William Henry 

 Browne, James B. McPherson, George W. Morgan, Gabriel R. Paul, 

 Strong Vincent and John W. De Peyster; Flag Officer Andrew H. 

 Foote; Col. E. E. Ellsworth and John Brown. 



There are also many additional relics of the Civil War period, 

 notable among which are a chair, secretary and table from the room 

 in the McLean house at Appomattox, where the articles for the sur- 

 render of the Army of Virginia in 1865 were agreed upon by Gens. 

 Grant and Lee, and a tree trunk severed by bullets at the battle of 

 Spottsylvania Court House, Va., on May 12, 1861. The memorials 

 of the Confederate States Army fill only a single case, as, unfor- 

 tunately, it has been impossible to obtain a better representation. 



At the end of the hall, adjoining the rotunda, is a large and valu- 

 able collection of memorials of Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, 

 installed in two cases and comprising uniforms, presentation and 

 jeweled swords, gold and jeweled medals, a silver service and other 

 objects, mainly gifts in recognition of achievements during his long 

 service in the Navy, actively terminating with the War with Spain. 

 Close by are two other cases devoted to miscellaneous relics of the 

 Spanish War, including a number of captured Spanish flags, swords 

 and gims. A large case near the middle of the hall is especially note- 

 worthy as representing the personal side of a single family, the 

 Bailey-Myers-Mason, for a period of about a century, its contents 

 consisting of costumes, swords, silverware, porcelain, and many rich 

 and jeweled objects of domestic interest. Adjoining are four ex- 

 hibits illustrating the scientific work and inventive genius of Prof. 

 Joseph Henry, Mr. S. F. B. Morse, Mr. Cyrus Field, and Dr. S. P. 

 Langley. 



In the rotunda are a number of Spanish guns captured in 1898, 

 numerous relics from the wreck of the battleship Maine, and a 

 bronze cannon and carriage brought to this country by Lafayette 

 in 1777 and used by the allied French and Continental forces in the 

 War of the American Revolution. 



