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general, United States Volunteers, donated by the granddaughter 

 of the first named, Mrs. Abraham Lansing (nee Catherine Ganse- 

 voort), of Albany, N. Y. It includes military and civil costumes, 

 a sword and a folding camp cot, used by Gen. Gansevoort when a 

 colonel in the Continental Army during the War of the Kevolu- 

 tion, in which he attained distinction; a miniature painted on ivory 

 representing him in the Continental uniform and with the badge of 

 the Society of the Cincinnati, of which he was an original member ; 

 a Lowestoft china plate from a dinner service which he used during 

 the period of the Revolution; a sword and scabbard with brass- 

 mounted buckskin belt, presented to him by Daniel D. Tompkins, 

 governor of the State of New York, and said to have belonged to 

 the Count de Rochambeau; and one engraved portrait and three 

 autograph signatures; two swords with scabbards, carried by Col. 

 Herman Gansevoort, in 1817, and an autograph letter written by 

 him; a number of uniforms and swords used by Gen. Henry S. 

 Gansevoort during the Civil War, an autogTaph letter, and two en- 

 graved portraits showing him in military costume. 



Six gold and 13 silver medals presented to the late Commander 

 Matthew Fontaine Maury, United States Navy, by foueign sover- 

 eigns and governments in recognition of his eminent services to the 

 sciences of geography and navigation constituted another notable gift. 

 They were received from his descendants through a daughter, Mrs. 

 Mary Maury Werth, of Richmond, Va., and are as follows, the name of 

 each donor being also given : Gold medal of the Exposition Universelle 

 of 1855, from Miss Nannie Belle Maury ; gold medal presented by the 

 King of the Netherlands in 1855, from Mrs. Sophia Bruce Maury; 

 gold medal presented by the Senate of the Republic of Bremen in 

 1855, from Mrs. Rose Robinson Maury; gold medal presented by 

 Napoleon III in 1859, from Mrs. Lucy Maury Van Doren ; Humboldt 

 gold medal, 1865, from Mrs. James Parmelee; the Austrian gi^eat 

 gold medal of science, 18G8, from Mr. Matthew Fontaine Maury 

 Werth ; and 13 silver medals presented by Pope Pius IX in 1860 and 

 commemorating notable events during his pontificate, from Mr. 

 Dabney H. Maury. 



For the gift of the following memorials of the distinguished 

 American physicist, Prof. George Frederic Barker, the Museum is in- 

 debted to Mrs. Barker : The decoration and diploma of commander 

 of the National Order of the Legion of Honor of France, and nine 

 other diplomas conferred by various educational institutions and 

 scientific societies in recognition of Prof. Barker's contributions to 

 science; two silver, six bronze and one aluminum medal presented in 

 testimonial of his scientific achievements; two scholastic hoods, one 

 obtained when receiving the degree of Doctor of Science from the 



