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appointed to arrange terms of capitulation. It reads as follows: 

 "Hd. Qs. Army in the field, Camp near Donelson, Feby. 16, 1862. 

 No terms other than an unconditional and immediate surrender can 

 be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works. I am 

 Sir, very respectfully, your obt. servt. U. S. Grant." This was pre- 

 sented by Jean Webster (Mrs. Glenn Ford McKinney) through Mrs. 

 Charles L. Webster. A large and notable collection of relics per- 

 taining to Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, United States Army, re- 

 ceived as a gift from his son, Hon. George B. McClellan, of Prince- 

 ton, includes a gold-mounted sword, set with pearls, inscribed, " To 

 Major General George B. McClellan from many citizens of Boston, 

 February, 1863 " ; a dress sword and a service saber carried during the 

 Civil War; an engineer's dress sword, inscribed. " Presented to Lieut. 

 Geo. B. McClellan of the Corps of Sappers and Miners, U. S. A., 

 by a number of gentlemen as a testimonial of their high admiration 

 for his gallantry during the War with Mexico " ; a dress sword, two 

 engineer's dress swords, and a service saber carried during the War 

 with Mexico ; a uniform chapeau worn during the War with Mexico 

 when lieutenant in the Engineer's Corps and one worn during the 

 Civil War ; a dress saddle cloth, decorated with three stars, indicat- 

 ing the rank of commander in chief, used 1861-62 ; a pair of silver 

 spurs, inscribed, " Major General G. B. McClellan from Lieut. George 

 Haycock, 4th Eegt. Inf. Cal. Vol."; and a revolver and outfit in a 

 mahogany case .owned by the Duke of Wellington and kept by Gen. 

 McClellan on his writing table. A gold watch owned by Maj. Gen. 

 C. C. Washburn, United States Volunteers (1818-1882), was pre- 

 sented by Mr. Kobert Kelsey. A uniform chapeau and a pair of 

 epaulets worn by Col. John N. Macomb, United States Army, when 

 second lieutenant, Fourth Artillery, 1833-1836; a uniform chapeau 

 and several pieces of military insignia worn by him when an officer 

 in the Corps of Topographical Engineers, 1838-1863; and several 

 pieces of military insignia and 26 uniform buttons worn when an 

 officer in the Engineer's Corps, 1863-1882, came as the gift of the 

 Misses Christina and Nannie R. Macomb. A uniform coat of gray 

 cloth worn during the Civil War by Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones, Con- 

 federate States Army, was presented by Miss Emily Read Jones. A 

 fragment, 28 by 46 inches in size, of the Confederate military balloon 

 made of silk dresses at Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil War, 

 and secured by Prof. T. S. C. Lowe, aeronaut of the Army of the 

 Potomac, after the capture of Richmond in 1865, was donated by his 

 son, Mr. Leon P. Lowe. 



To Mrs. E. M. Chapman the Museum is indebted for a collection 

 of relics of the War of 1812-1815, the War with Mexico, and the Civil 

 War, and other objects of historical interest collected by Bvt. Maj. 

 Gen. Edward D. Townsend, United States Army, which included 



