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(3) Two door posts. — Slender spruce poles with pointed ends for 

 tent door. Length, 6 feet 6 inches; diameter, 2 inches. Lent by 

 Miss Mary Custis Leo. Cat. No. 2082, U.S.N.M. 



(4) Twenty-three oak pegs. — With notched heads and sharpened 

 ends and varying in length from 9 inches to 20 inches. Lent by 

 Miss Mary Custis Lee. Cat. No. 2087, U.S.N.M. 



(5) Three tent pouches. — (1) Leather pouch lined with heavy brown 

 canvas. Ends padded. Cyhndrical in shape, with outside flaps 

 secured with strings. Length, 3 feet 3| inches; diameter, 18 inches. 

 Lent by Miss Mary Custis Lee. Cat. No. 2086, U.S.N.M. (2) Canvas 

 pouch for pegs. Rectangular in shape with holes along the edges 

 for draw strings. Length, 26 inches; width, 21 J inches; height of 

 sides, 5 inches. Lent by Miss Mary Custis Lee. Cat. No. 2085, 

 U.S.N.M. (3) Section of tent pouch of canvas. Rectangular in 

 shape with holes for draw strings on the edges. Length, 5 feet 2 

 inches; width, 4 feet 5 inches. Lent by Miss Mary Custis Lee. Cat. 

 No. 2085, U.S.N.M. 



Original manuscript company roll and muster of the guard of 

 Washington when Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. — 

 Muster, certified to on the inspection of July, 1782, by W. Barber, 

 major and assistant inspector of the Northern Army, and the roll of 

 the true state of the company, certified to September 7, 1782, by W. 

 Colfax, lieutenant commandant. (See Appendix 2 for copy of this 

 document.) Size, 12 by 20 inches. Gift of Capt. James M. Miller, 

 U. S. Army. Plato 21. Cat. No. 97031, U.S.N.M. 



Original diploma of membership of Dr. David Townsend, of Massa- 

 chusetts, in {he Society of the Cincinnati. — Dated May 5, 1784. En- 

 graved on parchment and signed by "Geo. Washington, President," 

 and "H. Knox, Secretary," of the society. Lent by Thomas Gerry 

 Townsend.i Cat. No. 256887, U.S.N.M. 



Camp mess cJiest. — Used by Washington during the War of the 

 Revolution. Constructed of strips of oak and pine, the interior lined 

 with heavy green woolen material and the exterior covered with dark 

 leather. Edges studded with brass-headed tacks and the corners 

 faced with strips of iron. Iron handle on cither end and lid fitted 

 with iron hinges, fastened with flat lock and with hasp and padlock. 

 Interior divided into fourteen compartments and containing a tray 

 with nine compartments. Height, lOJ inches; width, 14 inches; 

 length, 21^ inches. Chest with outfit described below bequeathed 

 to the Government in 1844 by William Sidney Winder.^ Trans- 

 ferred from the U. S. Patent Office to the U. S. National Museum 

 in 1883. Plate 22. Cat. No. 92599, U.S.N.M. 



1 The Museum collections also include 38 pieces of chinawaro decorated with the monogram "D. T." 

 and the insignia of the Society of the Cincinnati. These were imported from China for Doctor Townsend 

 in 1790. Lent by Thomas Gerry Townsend. Cat. Nos. 256878-256884, U.S.N.M. 



2 See Congressional Globe, vol. 13, p. 536. 



