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13 crucifix spoons, 5 apostle spoons, 2 cable and ship spoons, and a 

 Louis Philippe cup and saucer. 



An inhaler of the type used by Dr. William T. G. Morton in the 

 first operation he performed with the aid of ether as an anesthetic 

 in 1846 was presented by Dr. Gustave P. Wiksell, of Boston; and two 

 busts of Doctor Morton, one in bronze by Helen F. Mears, the other 

 in plaster from a mask made by Clark Mills, were received as a gift 

 from his son, Dr. William J. Morton, of New York. 



Eleven pieces of furniture which once belonged to Brig. Gen. 

 Rufus Putnam and had been donated to the Museum by his great- 

 grandson, the late Judge E. M. P. Brister, of Newark, Ohio, were 

 received from Mrs. Brister. An interesting collection of relics, con- 

 sisting mainly of examples of the handiwork of the Schenck family 

 of New Jersey for three generations, and including wearing apparel, 

 textiles, toilet articles, etc., was presented by Dr. Clara Southmayd 

 Ludlow, of Washington. It is to be known as " The Sutphen-Schenck- 

 Himt Memorial Collection." 



The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America added 

 to its collection deposited in the Museum an antique sword with 

 silver handle carried in the War of the Revolution by Col. John 

 Cropper, of Virginia, a number of colonial relics of the Cropper 

 family, and other objects dating from colonial times. A gold medal 

 awarded to Capt. John Cropper by the British Government in 1840 

 was lent by Mrs. John Cropper, of Washington. 



The plaster model of the statue of Rear Admiral Andrew H. Foote, 

 by Mr. William Couper, of New York, from which the bronze statue 

 for the Vicksburg National Military Park was cast, was deposited 

 in the Museum by the War Department. 



An interesting series of articles of nickel produced by the late 

 Joseph Wharton, of Philadelphia, who was recognized as the leader 

 in the technology of this metal, was received as a donation from the 

 executors of his estate. This collection, which had been preserved 

 by Mr. Wharton in a cabinet at his home, comprises over 60 pieces, 

 including pure nickel in several forms, harness and door trimmings, 

 household utensils, forceps, magnetic needles, coinage blanks, etc., 

 and is of much historical value. 



Numerous additions were made to the collections of coins, medals, 

 and stamps, and to the series of portraits of scientific men and other 

 persons of note. 



The exhibition space for the division of history was increased 

 during the year by the assignment to this subject of the west-north 

 range in the old Museum building. In this hall have been arranged 

 the collection of Washington relics, many miscellaneous objects 

 belonging to the period of the American Revolution and the first 

 quarter of the nineteenth century, the Gustavus Vasa Fox collection, 



