Date Received Item Description and Donor 



No. 



May, 1844 347 Two large boxes, containing Books, Engravings, Medals, &c. — From 



Alexandre I'atlemare. Paris. 



347 Package of Continental Money. — From 'I Immas Pratt, Philadelphia. 



347 Package of large and curious Swedish Coins. — From George IT. Lay, U.S. 

 Charge d'Ajfairei, .Stockholm. 



347 Medal — Head of Alexandre Vattemare. — From M. \'attemare. 



347 Coin, found in the District of C^olunibia. — From Captain R. France. 



347 Box. containing a complete collection of dimes . . . — From [blank] 



348 Two Boxes, containing a large and \aluable collection of Books, En- 



gra\ings, Medals, &c., of which a list is gi\-en. — From Alexandre 

 J'attemare, Pans. 



348 Descripti\e Catalogue of a Cabinet of Roman Imperial large Brass 

 Medals, by Capt. W. H. Smith, Royal Navy, &c., &c., Bedford, 

 1834, quarto. — From Captain J. H. Aulick. U.S. .Uavy. 



354 From H. Ledyard, U.S. Charge dWjf aires. Parts, March 15, 1844: . . . 



stating that he lias Ibrwarded, via Ha\re, b\' the packet Duchcsse 

 d'Orleans, two more boxes, containing books, engra\ings, medals, 

 &c., from M. \'attemare, &c. 



355 From Franklin Peale, Chief Coiner, U.S. Mint, to Mr. Spencer, Secretary 



of the Treasury, Philadelphia, March 28, 1844: Presenting to the 

 Institute a full scries of the national medals, foiu'ty-nine in nmuber, 

 of which he encloses, witli the medals, a catalogue, &c. 



355f List of .Xational Medals presented to the .National Institute, hy Franklin Peale, 

 Chief Coiner of the Mint of the United States, 1944. 



PRESIDENTIAL SERIES 



The dies of this series were constructed for the Department of Indian 

 Affairs. The medals are usually struck in silver. 



.\o. 1. Jefferson; No. 2, Madison; No. 3, Monroe; No. 4, J. Q. 

 Adams; No. 5, Jackson; No. 6, Van Buren; No. 7, Tyler. — Whole 

 number, 7. 



Dies of Presidents Washington, John Adams, and Harrison, ha\e 

 not been constructed. 



MILITARY SERIES 



Army. — The two first of this series are in honor of Revolutionary 

 ser\-ices, and were originally struck soon after the close of that war; 

 the remainder in honor of services dining the late war. 



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