we find 15 donors of nuniisinatic materials listed, the 

 number of pieces received amounting to 91. A. Mon- 

 dellic, Jackson Gra\-, George Allen, C. Bentle\-, and 

 J. Dunn are some of the names of donors mentioned. 

 The latter may be identified with James C Dunn, 

 publisher of the American Spectator and Washington City 

 Chronicle and the National Messenger. 



An analysis of all records preserved shows for the 

 entire period from 1829 to 1841, 23 numismatic 

 donors. The total number of numismatic objects 

 indexed amounts to 246 specimens, among which arc 

 4 iiiedals, 24 silver coins, 69 copper coins, 136 coins 

 or medals not further identified, and 13 Continental 

 currency notes. 



In the Smithsonian Archives there are on file under 

 Miscellaneous 52 four catalogues of objects in John 

 Garden's museum. For reference purposes these cat- 

 alogues are designated A through D. They were pre- 

 pared at various times and cover the period from 1829 

 to 1841 with \arying degrees of completeness. 



Cdtdlogue A 



"Joii.N \'.\rden's Museim" is a leathcrboimd index 

 measuring 25 x 36.7 x 2.1 cm with entries on the first 

 28 pages, which are unnumbered. The first entry is 

 dated October 1829 and the last is in June 1840. The 

 most extensive entries are for January through April 



1830 and most of the numismatic items are found in 

 this period. There is little information for the years 



1831 through most of 1835, since \'arden lost his 

 "small" catalogue at sea on .\ugust 11, 1835, as he 

 notes on the fifth page. All information of numismatic 

 interest in this volume is listed suiisequently. To pre- 

 .serve the "Varden flavor," his spelling has been left 

 unchanged. The information has been annotated and 

 completed with additional information taken from 

 the other three manuscript catalogues. 



Cdtdlogue B 



"SuNDRiE Articles Collected for the ^V.^SH- 

 iNGTON City Museum Beginning the 20rii of Octo- 

 ber 1837." 



This is a small leatherbound copybook with 44 im- 

 numbered pages, measuring 15.4 x 22.3 cm. There 

 arc various numismatic entries and notes on pages 1 

 through 32, and 43 and 44. The entries on pages 2 

 through 27 covering the period from October 20, 

 1837, through May 1840, were canceled as though 

 they had been transcribed into a permanent index. 



Cdtdlogue C 



"John V.\rden's Museum W.^shington City D. 

 of C." 



This manuscript, measuring 20 x 31.8 cm, consists 

 of eight double sheets, one of them serving as cover 

 and title page. The first seven sheets are consecutively 

 numbered with entries on only one side and contain 

 a carefully written, frequently condensed version of 

 his "accessions" for the period from October 1829 

 through July 1836. \'alues of the coins and medals 

 listed are indicated in this inventory. Small pieces 

 are valued at 6'^ cents each, larger ones at 12,!2 

 cents or one bit, a medal at 50 cents. 



Cdtdlogue D 



"Washington Museum, John \'.^rden Proprietor" 

 This index gives a list of objects "as they were at the 

 time a Committee from the National Institution 

 examined them on exhibition . . ." in January 1840. 

 The manuscript measures 25 x 36.7 cm and con- 

 sists of three unnumbered and 29 consecutively num- 

 bered pages with entries through page 20. It was 

 prepared about 1855 since it mentions on page 1 that 

 the objects had been in use for some 13 or 14 years. 



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