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dress sword carried by Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson during the War 

 of 1812-1815. The Washington sword, which is said to have been the 

 one most frequently carried by the owner during the period men- 

 tioned, has a plain curved blade and a grooved ivory handle. This 

 weapon was made by J. Bailey, of Fishkill, N. Y., and was bequeathed 

 by the general to his nephew, Samuel Washington, whose son, 

 Samuel T. Washington, presented it to Congress in 1844. The cane 

 owned by Franklin and bequeathed by him to Washington was be- 

 queathed by the latter to his brother, Charles Washington, and was 

 presented to Congress by Samuel T. Washington at the same time 

 as the sword described above. The sword owned by General Jackson 

 was presented to Congress in 1855 by the family of Maj. Gen. 

 Robert Armstrong, to whom it had been presented by General Jack- 

 son. These three objects of priceless historical value, connected as 

 they were with three of the most notable personages of American 

 history, were transferred to the custody of the National Museum 

 from that of the Department of State by a joint resolution of Con- 

 gress- approved February 28, 1922. From the same department, 

 by transfer, was also received during the past year the small writing 

 desk used by Thomas Jefferson when he drafted the Declaration of 

 Independence in Philadelphia in 1776, which bears a memorandum 

 in his own hand attesting to the history of the desk and presenting 

 the same to Joseph Coolidge, jr., in 1825, a pair of eyeglasses owned 

 by Washington and presented by him to General Lafayette, the 

 stem of a peace pipe smoked by Washington with an Indian chief 

 in 1748, three buttons from the French court dress of Benjamin 

 Franklin, and a gold medal studded with diamonds which was pre- 

 sented by the Sultan of Turkey to the President of the United States 

 in 1892 in commemoration of the four hundredth anniversary of the 

 discovery of America. 



In addition to the objects already described, the biographical collec- 

 tions were enriched by the accession of a pocket compass owned by 

 President James Monroe, lent to the Museum by Mrs. Rose Gouverneur 

 Hoes; a number of personal relics of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, 

 the gift of the Hon. George B. McClellan; and a collection of decora- 

 tions, gold, silver, and bronze medals, awarded to David Edward 

 Hughes in recognition of his scientific achievements, which includes 

 the Order of the Iron Crown of Austria, the Order of Saint Michael 

 of Bavaria, the Order of Leopold of Belgium, the Order of the 

 Legion of Honor of France, the Order of Saint Maurice and Saint 

 Lazarus of Italy, the Order of Saint Anne of Russia, the Order of 

 Takova of Serbia, the Order of Charles III of Spain, and the Order 

 of the Mejidieh of Turkey. The medals include the gold medal of 

 the Society of Arts, Manufacture, and Commerce; the royal gold 

 medal of the Royal Society, London; and the gold medal of the 



