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STiavimj glass. — In rectangular wooden case with drawer, the inte- 

 rior and exterior covered with a decorative paper. Part of top 

 lacking. Used by Washington durmg the War of the Revolution. 

 Dimensions of case, OJ by lU by If inches. Lewis collection. Cat. 

 No. 92411, U.S.N.M. 



MISCELLANEOUS RELICS. 



Iron treasure cliest. — Made of heavy sheets of wrought iron, the 

 edges faced with wide strips of the same material, the whole joined 

 by heavy bolts, lid fitted to the back with three heavy hinges and 

 secured in front with one flat lock and two padlocks over iron hasps. 

 Owned by Daniel Parke Custis, first husband of Martha Washington, 

 and later used by General and Mrs. Washington at Mount Vernon as 

 a receptacle for valuables. Bequeathed by Mrs. Washington to 

 George Washington Parke Custis.^ Dimensions, 20^} by 12f by 11 J 

 inches. Lent by Miss Mary Custis Lee. Cat. No. 2090, U.S.N.M. 



EnglisJi Iceyed zitlier owned by NeUie Custis. — The body of the in- 

 strument is pear-shaped with sounding board of fir, and back, sides, 

 and neck of maple. The sounding board is decorated about the 

 edge with a painted circlet of green leaves. A circular hole in the 

 sounding board is fdlcd in with an ivory piece which has six small 

 holes across the center and is decorated in open work with the in- 

 itials "E. P. C." and with smaU designs. Fingerboard faced with 

 ivory. Bridge of ivory. The instrument is fitted with 12 steel 

 strings. On one side of the bridge is a keyboard with six keys which 

 actuate six hammers, the heads of which rise through the top between 

 the bridge and the neck and strike the underside of the strings. 

 The mechanism of the keyboard is fitted in a drawer located within 

 the body of the piece. Inscribed Longman & Broderip, London. 

 Presented by Washington to Eleanor Parke Custis as a birthday 

 gift. Length, entire, 28 inches; length of body, 16 inches; width, 12 

 inches; height, 3f inches. Lewis collection. Plate 26. Cat. No. 

 92408, U.S.N.M. 



Zitlier case. — For the instrument described above. Made of pine 

 wood and covered with russet leather decorated with floral designs 

 in gold. The lid is fastened with a small, flat lock and the interior 

 Hned with bright yellow woolen cloth. Length, 31 inches; width, 

 13 inches; height, 6^ inches. Lewis collection. Cat. No. 92409, 

 U.S.N.M. 



Mahogany music case. — Rectangular in shape. Divided longi- 

 tudinally into nine compartments by narrow oak strips, the tops 

 of which are carved in an elongated heart shape. Lid secured at the 

 back by two small brass hinges and in front by flat brass lock. 

 Used by Eleanor Parke Custis at Mount Vernon. Length, 23 inches; 



• See copy of Mrs. Washington's will in Benson J. Lossing's Mount Vernon and Its Associations, p. 421. 



