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prints given by this family. INIr. and Mrs. A. Philip Stockvis gave a 

 varied group which includes an American Chippendale armchair. For 

 the musical instruments collection, the Le Blanc Corp. presented a 

 basset horn, contra-bass clarinet, bass clarinet, and two alto clarinets. 



The division of philately and postal history added 178,626 specimens 

 to its collections. One of the most significant of the recent gifts came 

 from Bernard Peyton of Princeton, N. J., who presented a Confederate 

 States cover, to which is affixed a block of twelve 2-cent Jackson Con- 

 federate stamps. This is the largest known block of these stamps 

 on a cover. Funds donated by the Charles and Rosanna Batchelor 

 Memorial, Inc., made possible valuable additions to the Emma E. 

 Batchelor Air Mail Collection. 



The division of numismatics received significant contributions of 

 rare half dollars from R. E. Cox, Jr., of Fort Worth, Tex. Extensive 

 donations of the Messrs. Stack of New York City included original 

 drawings for U.S. patterns and medals, and Harvey Stack gave a 

 hitherto unknown variety of the extremely rare Indian Peace Medal 

 dated 1843, portraying President George Washington and distributed 

 by one of the fur-trading companies in the Missouri Territory. To 

 our holdings in modern coins the Honorable R. Henry Norweb of 

 Cleveland, Ohio, contributed a virtually complete collection of New- 

 foundland issues dating from 1865-1947. Willis H. du Pont of Wil- 

 mington, Del., added to his previous donations of Russian coins and 

 medals formerly owned by the Grand Duke Mikhailovitch a group of 

 778 coins struck during the reigns of Peter III and Catherine II up 

 to 1774, and medals struck during the period from 1762-94. Mrs. 

 Wayte Raymond of New York City contributed 620 important modern 

 coins of the world, and Mrs. F. C. C. Boyd of New York City gave 572 

 Mexican coins comprising many issues of the Revolutionary Period. 

 Philip H. Chase of Wynnewood, Pa., donated a very rare album, The 

 Cun^ency of the Confederate States of America^ prepared by Raphael 

 P. Thian about 1880 and containing 286 notes and their descriptions. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Snyderman of New York City presented to the 

 Smithsonian a unique gold plaquette of 1906, made by Victor D. Bren- 

 ner in commemoration of the removal of the remains of Jolin Paul 

 Jones from Paris to Annapolis in 1905. 



Armed Forces history. — The collections of the division of military 

 history were enriched by a unique Henry rifle once presented to 

 President Lincoln and given to the Museum by Robert Lincoln Beck- 

 with. The William De Laney Travis Civil War panorama "The Army 

 of the Cumberland" was received from C. C. Travis and Mrs. Hattie 

 Kidd. A fine group of decorations awarded to Capt. C. IT. Hunting- 

 ton was presented by Mrs. Huntington. A rare Medal of Honor and 



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