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which had been a gift from George Washington to Oliver Wol- 

 cott, Secretary of the United States Treasury in 1795-1800. This 

 piece of tableware, one of a number of the same style imported by 

 Washington from France, is of an elliptical urn shape and is deco- 

 rated on either side, at the top, with a lion's head, from which de- 

 pends a small silver handle, the entire design being typical of the 

 eighteenth century. Lent by Miss Emily Tuckerman, of Washington, 

 granddaughter of Oliver Wolcott, it has been added to the large 

 collection of Washington relics already in the Museum. Four 

 American chairs of the period of the Revolution, two of which were 

 owned by Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler of the Continental Army, 

 and two by Alexander Hamilton, besides two mahogany side tables 

 and a half-round mahogany table bielonging to Alexander Hamilton, 

 and a small work table belonging to Mrs. Hamilton, were generously 

 presented by Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton, of Great Barrington, 

 Mass., grandson of Alexander Hamilton. With the exception of the 

 small table last mentioned, these articles of furniture were already 

 in the possession of the Museum as a loan. A collection of relics 

 of Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, United States Navj^, consisting 

 of a handsomely jeweled sword and scabbard, presented to him by 

 the city of Boston in 1862 in recognition of his services in the de- 

 tention of the British steamer Trent; a gold medal, awarded him 

 by the Royal Geographical Society of London in 1868 in recog- 

 nition of his services to science ; a service sword carried by him while 

 on the United States exploring expedition, 1838-184:2; a uniform 

 hat and epaulets, worn b}' him during the same period, together 

 with a number of minor relics of the same expedition, were received 

 as a gift from Miss Jane Wilkes, of Washington, daughter of the 

 admiral. The original manuscript application for a pension and 

 related papers, filed by Aaron Burr in 1834 before Richard Riker, 

 recorder of the city of New York, for services rendered as an officer 

 of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution, were 

 deposited by the Department of the Interior. Accompanying the 

 application is a copy of a letter from Gen. Washington to Lieut. 

 Col. Burr, dated October 26, 1778, giving the latter permission to 

 retire from the service with pay until his health is reestablished. 

 The facts in the application are attested to by the affidavits of David 

 S. Bogart and Robert Hunter, of New York. The sword of Brig. 

 Gen. Strong Vincent, United States Volunteers, carried by him from 

 April, 1861, until July 2, 1863, when he was mortally wounded 

 while in command of a brigade defending Little Round Top, at 

 Gettysburg, was presented by Mrs. Elizabeth C. Vincent, of 

 Chicago, 111. 



Through the bequest of Miss Lucy H. Baird, the division came into 

 possession of a number of personal relics of her distinguished father, 



