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when a printer in London, followed by a collection of special note, 
consisting of a number of military and civil costumes, swords, por- 
traits and other relics of Brig. Gen. Peter Gansevoort, United States 
Army, relating to his career when, as a colonel in the Continental 
' Army, he figured prominently in the campaigns against the British 
in the Colony of New York. Included in this exhibit are also memo- 
rials of Gen. Gansevoort’s son, who fought in the War of 1812, and 
of his grandson, who attained the rank of brevet brigadier general 
of volunteers in the Union Army during the Civil War. 
Models of five vessels connected with the discovery and early 
history of America are next in sequence. They represent a viking 
ship, such as that in which the Norsemen are believed to have 
_ visited this continent about 1000; the Santa Maria, flagship of 
Columbus; the Susan Constant, which brought the first permanent 
English colony to America; the A/ayflower of the Pilgrims; and 
the United States frigate Constitution. The two remaining cases 
in this row are devoted, respectively, to the War of 1812 and the 
War with Mexico. In the first, among other articles, are a gold- 
mounted sword presented to Maj. Gen. Jacob Brown by the Leg- 
islature of New York, in recognition of his services during the bat- 
tles of Chippewa and Bridgewater on July 5 and 25, 1814; a similar 
sword presented to Maj. Gen. Eleazer W. Ripley for his services 
during 1812-1814; a number of swords and pistols found on the battle 
field of New Orleans; and a silver service of five pieces given to 
Capt. James Lawrence, United States Navy, by the city of Philadel- 
phia, in acknowledgment of his capture of the British brig Peacock. 
Most noteworthy in the second case are two gold-mounted swords, one 
set with jewels, presented to Maj. Gen. James Shields by the States 
of South Carolina and Illinois, respectively, in recognition of his 
services during the War with Mexico; swords of the same character 
presented to Brig. Gen. Gabriel R. Paul and Brig. Gen. George W. 
Morgan; a sword and silver pitcher presented to Maj. Gen. John B. 
Magruder; a gold medal awarded to Brig. Gen. Wilham H. Browne 
by the city of New York; two United States volunteer regiment flags 
of the period and a Mexican flag captured during the war, besides a 
number of miscellaneous articles, including swords, silver-mounted 
pistols, and uniforms worn at that time by United States officers. 
The adjoining row of cases, that facing the main thoroughfare on 
the left, contains relics of three classes. The first consists of ob- 
jects of the nineteenth century, including a number of valuable 
jewels and other articles given to the United States in 1841 by the 
Imam of Muscat, and personal relics of various individuals, includ- 
ing Alexander Macomb Mason Bey and Mr. S. F. B. Morse. The 
second comprises memorials of prominent military and naval officers 
