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The following is a copy of the communication of Mr. Jackson, accompanying the 

 relic : 



Cornish (N.H.), April 22, 1852. 

 To the Secretary of the State Antiquarian Society, Albany, N. Y. 

 SIR, 



I haye lately come in possession of a sword of ancient manufacture, but of 

 what date I am unable to say. The blade of the sword appears to be of the 

 best of steel, mounted with brass; and on either side of the blade, in large 

 capitals, is engraved the following : " God Bless the Province of New- York." 

 If your Society have none of the kind in their collection, I should deem it a 

 pleasure to present it to your Society. 



The history of the sword, as far as I have been able to learn it, is that it was 

 the property of a provincial officer, who served in early French and Indian wars 

 on the frontiers of New-York and Vermont; and who died at an advanced age 

 more than fifty years ago. His property was sold at auction, and this sword 

 was purchased by Mr. Francis Cobb of this place (a remote connection), and 

 remained in bis possession while he lived. Mr. Cobb died some two or three 

 years since, more than ninety years old; and when his property was invento- 

 ried, I found the sword among some rubbish in the attic of the house. I pur- 

 chased the sword, for a small sum, for its antiquity. 



The widow of Mr. Cobb is still living, and is more than ninety years of age. 

 Her mind is so much impaired, as to be unable to give much correct history in 

 relation to the sword. She thinks she recollects two battles in which the sword 

 was worn by her relation : the taking of Louisburg in 1757, and the capture of 

 Quebec in 1759. Respectfully your obedient servant, 



ELEAZAR JACKSON. 



From Robert Spencer Dyer, of Albany. 

 A Brick, made from the natural soil without any admixtjire. 



The following is copy of Mr. Dyer's letter accompanying the donation: 



Albany, October 22, 1852. 



This brick was brought from New-York city, as a specimen of the kind used 

 in the erection of the new building, now being erected on the southwest corner 

 of Thames-street and Broadway, near Trinity Cnurch, and called " Trinity 

 Building." 



The subscriber was informed by the master bricklayer, that they were 

 moulded in the common way, and burned with a wood fire, the same as the 

 ordinary red brick. They are made from the natural soil, without any ad- 

 mixture. Manufactured at Buffalo (N. Y.), at $6'50 per thousand. In New- 

 York, the cost and charges enhance the value to $17"00 per thousand. 



This sample of a valuable and growing staple of the great State of New-York 

 is most respectfully presented to the New-York State Geological Society, by 

 their most obedient servant, R. SPENCER DYER. 



