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Peuusylvauia (1851), ami Maj.-Gen. Hugh Brady (1768-1851), and auibrotypo of Dr. 

 .Johu D. Easter (1855). 



From William T. Rice, Leghorn,! taly, silver medals struck in Holland in 1782 and 

 1783 to commemorate the armed neutrality of Russia, Sweden, Denmark, aud Hol- 

 land; the acceptance of Johu Adams as ambassador from the United States; iu 

 recognition of American Independence; and the treaty of commerce between the 

 United States and Holland; also a bronze medal relating to Lord Howe's fleet at 

 Rhode Island in 1778. 



P^rom George T. Rogers, Lynn Haven, Va., military coat of a colonel in Virginia 

 infantry, Confederate States army. 



From Royal Geographical Society, London, England, a bronze medal, commem- 

 orating Stanley's expedition iu Africa for the relief of Emin Pasha. 



From Capt. O. M. Smith, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C, Springfield ItuUet i)ar- 

 tially pierced by a nail at target range at Fort Keogh, Mont., in June, 1890, distance 

 800 yards. 



From the Smithsonian Institution, a medal awarded the Smithsonian Institutiou 

 by the Paris Exposition, 1889. 



From the Smithsonian Institution, brouze medal from the I'niversity of Moutpellier, 

 France. 



From Mary 1. Stroud, Washington, D. C, an oil portrait of the late Prof. Walter 

 R. Johnson. 



From James Todd, Pittsburg, Pa., a silver watch with iob chain, seal, and pend- 

 ant, said to have been captured from a British soldier iit thi- battle of Lexington, 

 1775, by Lieut. James Todd, of Boston. 



From Edward Troye, Washington, equestrian porti-ait of Gen. Winfield Scott. 



From LaAvrence Washington, Marshall, Va., original will of John Washington, 

 greatgrandfather of George AVashingtou, first of the family in Virginia; deed of 

 release to Augustine Washington, father of George, May 17, 1726 ; bargain aud sale 

 of 1,906 acres of laud, Thompson to Rose, in 1689 ; agreement with John W^est for 

 sale of laud; "The daily sacrifice," a daily prayer book, in manuscript, apparently 

 in handwriting of George Washington ; ledger account book of manager of Mount 

 Vernon for 1794, with indorsements by George W^ashiugton; overseer's ■weekly re- 

 port of Mount Vernon plantation, September 16, 1797, to Jauuary 26, 1799, with in- 

 dorsements in Washington's handwriting; daily record book of oA'erseer from Jan- 

 uary 7 to September 10, 1797; overseer's account book, 1786 to 1793, w'ith list of negro 

 slaves in the several Mount Vernon plantations, besides upwards of 200 receipts and 

 letters in Washington's handwriting; a number of deeds of property in Virginia; 

 broadsides pertaining to Revolutionary war period in Virginia, etc. 



From Col. T. A. Washington, AVashiugtou, D. C, a brick from the h(uise at Wake- 

 field, Va., where Gen, Washington was born. 



From W. W. Wheildon, Concord, Mass., copy of the historical souvenir de])08ited 

 under the cornerstone of the Massachusetts state-house extension, December 21, 

 1889; also a piece of Avood of the historic "Old North Bridge," at Concord. 



From A. C. Wilcox, Washington, D. C, 14 copper coins of England, Ireland, Can- 

 ada, aud Mexico, dating from 1731 to 1878 ; also a letter dated 1816, signed by com- 

 missary-general of prisoners ; a, certificate of identification as an American citizen, 

 dated 1803, aud the indenture of an ai>prentice in schooner Lydiu, of Marblehead, 

 iu 1807. 



