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which had been a gift from George Washington to Oliver Wol- 
cott, Secretary of the United States Treasury in 1795-1800. This 
piece of tableware, one of a number of the same style imported by 
Washington from France, is of an elliptical urn shape and is deco- 
rated on either side, at the top, with a lion’s head, from which de- 
pends a small silver handle, the entire design being typical of the 
eighteenth century. Lent by Miss Emily Tuckerman, of Washington, 
granddaughter of Oliver Wolcott, it has been added to the large 
collection of Washington relics already in the Museum. Four 
American chairs of the period of the Revolution, two of which were 
owned by Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler of the Continental Army, 
and two by Alexander Hamilton, besides two mahogany side tables 
and a half-round mahogany table belonging to Alexander Hamilton, 
and a small work table belonging to Mrs. Hamilton, were generously 
presented by Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton, of Great Barrington, 
Mass., grandson of Alexander Hamilton. With the exception of the 
small table last mentioned, these articles of furniture were already 
in the possession of the Museum as a loan. <A collection of relics 
of Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, United States Navy, consisting 
of a handsomely jeweled sword and scabbard, presented to him by 
the city of Boston in 1862 in recognition of his services in the de- 
tention of the British steamer 7rent; a gold medal, awarded him 
by the Royal Geographical Society of London in 1868 in recog- 
nition of his services to science; a service sword carried by him while 
on the United States exploring expedition, 1838-1842; a uniform 
hat and epaulets, worn by him during the same period, together 
with a number of minor relics of the same expedition, were received 
as a gift from Miss Jane Wilkes, of Washington, daughter of the 
admiral. The original manuscript application for a pension and 
related papers, filed by Aaron Burr in 1834 before Richard Riker, 
recorder of the city of New York, for services rendered as an officer 
of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution, were 
deposited by the Department of the Interior. Accompanying the 
application is a copy of a letter from Gen. Washington to Lieut. 
Col. Burr, dated October 26, 1778, giving the latter permission to 
retire from the service with pay until his health is reestablished. 
The facts in the application are attested to by the affidavits of David 
S. Bogart and Robert Hunter, of New York. The sword of Brig. 
Gen. Strong Vincent, United States Volunteers, carried by him from 
April, 1861, until July 2, 1863, when he was mortally wounded 
while in command of a brigade defending Little Round Top, at 
Gettysburg, was presented by Mrs. Elizabeth C. Vincent, of 
Chicago, Il. 
Through the bequest of Miss Lucy H. Baird, the division came into 
possession of a number of personal relics of her distinguished father, 
