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PLATE 14 



Communion plate presented by Queen Ann in 1712, " to her Indian Chappel 

 of the Onondawgus," now in St Peter's Church, Albany N. Y. One of the 

 cups was not in the set at first, but was supplied to conform to American 

 usage. There was a supply of linen with this and the Mohawk set. The 

 latter was long used in New York, but was taken to Canada at the close 

 of the colonial period and divided between the two Mohawk settlements. Two 

 pieces went to the Bay of Quinte and three to the Mohawks at Grand River. 

 The inscription on the one retained at Albany reads : " The Gift of Her 

 Majesty, Ann, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, 

 and of their plantations in North America, Queen, to Her Indian Chappel 

 of the Onondawgus." Each piece has centrally the British arms without 

 supporters, with A on one side and R on the other. Each of the Onondaga 

 flagons is I2j/^ inches, and the cup is 4^ inches across the top. The style 

 is massive and simple. No date appears, but they were probably furnished 

 not later than 1712. 



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