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handkerchief and fan which had belonged to Mrs. Sarah Angelica 
Van Buren, wife of President Van Buren’s son, received from 
Mrs. Helen Coles Singleton Green, of Columbia, S. C. A dress of 
mole-colored velvet worn by Mrs. Jane Irwin Findlay, wife of Gen. 
James Findlay, one of the mistresses of the White House during the 
administration of William Henry Harrison, received from Mrs. Wil- 
liam Torrence Handy, of Cynthiana, Ky. <A dress of blue brocaded 
satin made by Worth in 1844 and worn by Mrs. James K. Polk, 
presented by Mrs. George W. Fall, of Nashville, Tenn., the niece and 
adopted daughter of Mrs. Polk. 
As further relating to the White House, the Museum is indebted 
to Mrs. R. R. Hoes and Miss Maud C. Gouverneur, of Washington, 
both jointly and individually, for the loan of many memorials of 
President and Mrs. Monroe. Among the articles, which are too 
numerous to specify in full in this connection, are a mahogany side 
chair, red satin footstool, a standing dresser mirror, and a Chippen- 
dale table brought from France by Mr. and Mrs. Monroe in 1796; 
a superb silver chocolate pitcher and cream jug, and the only piece of 
Monroe china known to be now in existence; a number of badges, 
chiefly of the American and French revolutions; many pieces of 
jewelry, including articles pertaining to personal attire; a letter 
written by James Monroe on March 2, 1786, announcing his mar- 
riage; and a dressmaker’s bill made out to Martha Washington and 
several articles which had belonged to Mrs. Maria Hester Monroe 
Gouverneur, including her seal. 
Dresses other than those pertaining to the White House were 
received as loans, as follows: The wedding dress of Mrs. Porter, 
wife of Rear Admiral D. D. Porter, United States Navy, March, 
1839, from Mrs. Charles H. Campbell, of Washington; a black velvet 
gown and the robes worn by the celebrated American actress, Char- 
lotte S. Cushman, in her impersonation, respectively, of Catharine 
and Cardinal Wolsey in Henry VIII, from Mrs. Allerton S. Cush- 
man, of Washington; two dresses of Mrs. Charlotte R. Myers Jack- 
son, together with slippers, gloves, and lava jewelry, from Miss Fan- 
nie A. Jackson, of Yonkers, N. Y.; a purple satin dress of Mrs. Sat- 
terlee, wife of Bishop Henry Yates Satterlee, from Mrs. Satterlee, 
of Washington; the wedding dress and an evening gown of Mrs. 
Dewey, wife of Admiral George Dewey, United States Navy, from 
Mrs. Dewey. 
A loan of exceptional interest, mainly associated with colonial 
times in Philadelphia, received from Mrs. Thomas Hamilton Wilson 
and Miss Abercrombie, of Washington, contains a bodice and the 
material of the skirt of a white satin dress embroidered in rose buds, 
which was worn by Mrs. Patterson, wife of Gen. Robert Patterson, 
as hostess at a ball given in Philadelphia in honor of Gen. Lafayette, 
