22 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 



West north range. — On entering the range one comes immediately 

 upon the memorials of Washington, which are installed in seven cases 

 adjoining the passage on the left. Consisting chiefly of the collec- 

 tion purchased by the Government in 1878 from the heirs of Mrs. 

 Lawrence Lewis, subsequent additions from other sources have in- 

 creased the number of objects to about 400. A'Miile composed largely 

 of articles of domestic and artistic interest from Mount Vernon, the 

 collection also includes important relics of Gen. Washington's life 

 in the field during the War of the American Eevolution. Among 

 the former are silver, china and glass ware, typical of the period 

 they represent, chairs, tables and mirrors of antique design, a copy 

 of Houdon's bust of Washington, miniature portraits of Gen. and 

 Mrs. Washington by Trumbull, and several personal objects which 

 had belonged to them and to Nelly Custis. Among the latter are 

 the tents and camp chest with mess utensils used by Washington, 

 and also the Continental uniform he wore when he resigned his com- 

 mission as commander in chief before Congress at Annapolis, Md., 

 December 23, 1783. In one of the cases of the series is a collection 

 of Lowestoft china and cut glass used at Mount Vernon about the 

 close of the eighteenth century and bequeathed by Mrs. Washington 

 to her granddaughter, Eliza Parke Custis. 



Arranged in four cases near by is a large collection of domestic 

 objects, such as costumes, textiles, china, glass and miscellaneous 

 articles, representing the Copp family of New England in the 

 colonial and Eevolutionary periods. Five cases at the inner end 

 of the range contain medals, pieces of silver, a fine malachite case, 

 handsomely bound volumes and pictures dealing with Kussian his- 

 tory, art and other subjects, presented by Emperor Alexander II 

 of Russia and various Russian societies and individuals to Gustavus 

 Vasa Fox on the occasion of his visit to Russia in 1866, when, in 

 appreciation of its friendly attitude toward this Government dur- 

 ing the Civil War, he was sent by Congress as a special envoy to 

 personally congratulate the Emperor on his escape from assassina- 

 tion early in the same year. The collection also includes a number 

 of congratulatory letters and addresses of welcome received by Mr. 

 Fox during this mission. Among the numerous other exhibits in 

 the range are memorials of Dr. William T. G. Morton, who demon- 

 strated the art of surgical anaesthesia; of Joseph Wliarton, who was 

 among the first to establish the manufacture of nickel in the United 

 States ; and of Gen. Jose Antonio Paez, the Venezuelan patriot and 

 minister to the United States in 1860-61. Three cases contain mis- 

 cellaneous relics of the early part of the nineteenth century, includ- 

 ing jewelry, textiles, china, etc.; and in a single case is displayed a 

 collection of swords illustrating the types of this weapon used in 



