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Vaughan, the Martha Washington china, presented by Van 

 Braam, a beautiful Niederweiler bowl, personally presented 

 in 1792 by the Comte de Custine, and a nearly complete din- 

 ner service of Chinese-ware decorated with the insignia of 

 the Society of the Cincinnati ; and besides these, the tents, 

 camp chest, field-glass, and writing-case used by Wash- 

 ington during the War of the Revolution, as also miniature 

 portraits of the General and Martha Washington painted on 

 wood by the artist Trumbull. 



" Next in importance to the Washington relics are the 

 almost priceless memorials of General Grant : the saddle, 

 sword, field-glasses, and other objects used by him during 

 his military career, all his commissions in the army from 

 Lieutenant by brevet during the Mexican War up through 

 the several grades to General, and his certificate as Presi- 

 dent of the United States ; handsomely mounted swords ; and 

 the great gold medal with which he was honored by Con- 

 gress for his military services; many elegant gifts received 

 during his tour of the world, including the beautiful jade vase 

 and ornamented bell standard given him by Prince Kung of 

 China. 



" By the side of these treasures are valuable gifts to Presi- 

 dents of the United States and to statesmen, soldiers, and 

 other representative Americans ; some Moorish guns highly 

 decorated with gold and coral, and a gold-mounted sword, 

 gifts to Thomas Jefferson from the Emperor of Morocco ; 

 jeweled and gold-scabbard swords presented by citizens of 

 States and cities for military bravery to General Ripley, 

 Commodores Elliott and Biddle, Admiral Trenchard, Gen- 

 erals Hancock, Paul, and others. 



" Here, too, are exhibited the great gold medal presented 

 by Congress to Joseph Francis for his service to the world 

 as inventor of life-saving appliances ; the beautiful vase pre- 

 sented to Professor Baird by the Emperor of Germany as 

 the grand prize of the Berlin International Fishery Exhibi- 

 tion ; the silver urn from the citizens of Baltimore to Com- 

 modore John Rodgers for his services in defense of that city 

 during the War of 1812; the garrison flag of Fort Moultrie 



