1879.] f '<' J [Phillips. 



wise, and merciful and just. 1732-99 ;" on the reverse, a representation 

 of Washington's tomb with the inscription, "Mount Vernon Chapter, No. 

 228, R. \A. \M. •. Mat. Vernon, N. Y. ' Another struck to commemorate 

 the dedication of St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York city, by Cardinal 

 McCloskey, on the 25th day of May, 1879, bears on the obverse a represen- 

 tation of that building, and on the reverse an inscription setting forth the 

 event for which it was issued. 



Another bears on its obverse a representation of "Founder's Hall," 

 Haverford College, and on the reverse a chapel, with the inscription, 

 "Alumni Association of Haverford College, Pennsylvania." 



A bronzed medal. Obverse, the head of Major Andre, with the inscrip- 

 tion, Maj. John Andre, October 1, 1780. Reverse, a church, with the 

 inscription, Old DrjTcn Church, Tappan, where Maj. Andre was 



TRIED. 



A bronzed medal. Obverse, head of Washington, "Historical and 

 Forestry Society of Rockland County, organized Feb. 22, 1878. 

 Reverse, a farmhouse, "Washington's Headquarters, 1780, Tappan. 

 Erected 1700." 



A bronzed medal. Obverse, bust of General Wayne, Centennial An- 

 niversary op the Battle of Stony Point, July 16, 1879. Reverse, an 

 army besieging a fortress across a river and on a bluff. Stony Point ex- 



PUGNATUXI, XV JULY, MDCCLXXIX. 



Among the series of copper Dutch medalets, which are on exhibition in 

 the first medal case, the following are of the most interest : 



No. 34141, bears on its obverse upon a sea violently in commotion, 

 lashed by storms, a ship whose topmasts have been broken off, above 

 which is the date 1563. Inscription, Incertum . quo . fata . ferent. 

 On the reverse, a female figure holding her right hand towards heaven, 

 and in her left an anchor ; from above rays are streaming down upon her 

 head. Inscription, Spes . al.ma . supersit. 



This jetton was struck in reference to the dissensions and lack of unity 

 then prevalent in the Netherlands and the unfavorable outlook of the times. 



No. 34179 has on the obverse the inscription, La.pis . reiectus — caput . 

 anguli. Within a circle of very fine lines a three-cornered stone, show- 

 ing its broadest part downwards ; below is a crowned lion with a shield 

 near the inscription on the border. Reverse, dns. fecit, hoc. et. fu. 

 (it) mi. (rabile) in oc. (ulis) h. (ominum.) 1574. The sacred name of 

 Jehovah in Hebrew letters within a circle, beneath which are clouds, 

 whence beams and rays are spreading downwards. 



No. 34214. Obverse, Afflictos . docet . viam . suam. 1577, and a 

 five-leaved rose. In the lower foreground is the figure of a man resting 

 upon the earth (the prophet Elijah), receiving in his right hand a piece of 

 bread, which a hand is reaching to him from out of the clouds. In the 

 background of the landscape appears a city. In the clouds the name of 

 Jehovah in Hebrew letters. Reverse, Librat . a . condemnantibus . 

 animam . ejus. Daniel in the lion's den by the side of two lions. Above 



