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purpose of conveying the congratulations of the United States to 

 Alexander II on his escape from the attempted assassination of April 

 16, 1866, and consist of a superb malachite casket, gold and silver 

 medals, illuminated freedom of cities, a silver saltcellar, silver salver, 

 gold snuffbox, letters, and books. A life-size portrait of Gustavus 

 Vasa was deposited by Mr. Gist Blair, and a bound volume of " Fox's 

 Mission to Russia " was contributed by Miss Ellen de Q. Woodbury 

 and Mr. Blair. A valuable silver gilt bowl with dragon handles and 

 a silver model of a Chinese war junk, presented to Mrs. Theodore 

 Roosevelt by the late Empress Dowager of China, were lent for exhi- 

 bition by Mrs. Roosevelt. The following were received from the 

 Navy Department : A large collection of relics of the Jeannette arctic 

 expedition of 1879-1881, found in the snow with the bodies of Lieut. 

 George W. De Long and his men who perished in the Lena Delta, 

 Siberia ; a gold cup, a trophy of baseball championship won at 

 Amoy, China, by members of the crew of the U. S. S. Kentucky; 

 and an engrossed resolution and a gold medal of the Philippine Art 

 Association, prepared to commemorate the visit of the United States 

 fleet in 1908. 



Mrs. G. Brown Goode presented 9 medals awarded to the late 

 Doctor Goode in appreciation of his work in the advancement of the 

 science of ichthvologv and in recognition of his services in connection 

 with the establishment of the Hodgkins Fund, and also a package of 

 extremely rare Italian playing cards of the seventeenth century, pur- 

 chased in Italy by Doctor Goode. A notable collection of Delaware 

 and Cherokee tribal relics was lent by Mr. Richard C. Adams, repre- 

 sentative in Washington of the Delaware Indians. It consists of a 

 silver pipe, a silver tomahawk, a war club with silver plate, an an- 

 tique cedar flute, a wampum peace belt, and a war bonnet, associated 

 with Delaware history. A large and fine series of the postage stamps 

 of all nations, comprising nearly 20,000 specimens, in 12 portfolios, 

 was deposited by Mr. David W. Cromwell, of New York City. Mrs. 

 Julian James added miniatures and laces to the Bailey-Myers-Mason 

 collection and a volume containing biographical sketches of the 

 Bailey-Myers-Mason families. Mrs. Laura Kilpatrick jNIorgan con- 

 tributed presentation china to the Gen. Judson Kilpatrick collection; 

 and a cap and saber worn by the late Capt. James T. Ord, U. S. 

 Army, during the Spanish war was lent by Mrs. Ord. Mrs. Hosley 

 deposited the sword and belt given to the late Commander Harry H. 

 Hosley, U. S. Navy, by the Larchmont Yacht Club in appreciation of 

 his valuable services to the Government in towing the dry dock 

 Dewey from Chesapeake Bay to the Philippines, and also four cable- 

 grams of congratulation from President Roosevelt and other officials. 

 The original manuscript from the journal of Mr. Samuel Yolk, de- 

 scribing how he made the casts of Lincoln's hands, was presented by 



