﻿'No. 
  30.] 
  95 
  

  

  From 
  Hiram 
  H. 
  Cooper, 
  of 
  Camden, 
  Oneida 
  county. 
  

  

  A 
  Silver 
  coin. 
  Date 
  1652, 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  " 
  New 
  England," 
  on 
  the 
  

   reverse, 
  "Massachusetts;" 
  commonly 
  called 
  Pme-tree 
  

   shilling. 
  

  

  From 
  Mrs. 
  M. 
  Elizabeth 
  Baldwin, 
  of 
  Saratoga 
  county. 
  

  

  A 
  Belt 
  interwoven 
  with 
  beads, 
  and 
  a 
  game-bag. 
  These 
  articles 
  

   were 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  vault 
  in 
  Peru, 
  South 
  America, 
  in 
  the 
  

   year 
  1830. 
  They 
  had 
  been 
  deposited 
  with 
  the 
  remains 
  

   of 
  an 
  Indian 
  Chief, 
  a 
  hundred 
  years 
  previous. 
  

  

  A 
  Bill 
  of 
  the 
  continental 
  currency, 
  for 
  sixty 
  dollars, 
  issued 
  

   according 
  to 
  a 
  resolution 
  passed 
  by 
  Congress 
  at 
  Phila- 
  

   delphia, 
  Sept. 
  26, 
  1778. 
  

  

  A 
  Bill 
  OF 
  the 
  Virginia 
  currency, 
  for 
  seven 
  hundred 
  and 
  lifty 
  

   dollars, 
  issued 
  according 
  to 
  an 
  act 
  of 
  the 
  Assembly, 
  

   passed 
  March 
  1, 
  1781. 
  

  

  From 
  Theodore 
  Teed, 
  of 
  Cortlandtown, 
  Westchester 
  Co. 
  

  

  A 
  large 
  stone 
  axe. 
  

   A 
  STONE 
  CHISEL, 
  made 
  of 
  greenstone. 
  

   An 
  unfinished 
  chert 
  Arrow-head 
  • 
  

  

  A 
  STONE 
  PESTLE, 
  madcof 
  saudstonc. 
  

  

  A 
  fragment 
  of 
  an 
  Indian 
  bowl, 
  made 
  of 
  steatite, 
  (soapstone.) 
  

   These 
  articles 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  Cortlandtown, 
  Westchester 
  Co. 
  

  

  From 
  Asa 
  Fitch, 
  M. 
  D., 
  of 
  Salem, 
  Washington 
  count}^ 
  

  

  Eelics 
  of 
  the 
  battle 
  at 
  Wallomsac, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  commonly 
  called 
  

   " 
  Bennington 
  battle." 
  Within 
  the 
  fortification 
  thrown 
  

   up 
  by 
  Col. 
  Baum, 
  a 
  single 
  oak 
  tree 
  was 
  left 
  standing. 
  

   The 
  PIECE 
  OF 
  WOOD 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  Cabinet, 
  is 
  

   from 
  the 
  decaying 
  stump 
  of 
  that 
  tree. 
  Sunk 
  in 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  

   box 
  containing 
  a 
  bullet, 
  found 
  about 
  forty 
  rods 
  north 
  

   r 
  from 
  the 
  tree, 
  in 
  the 
  direction 
  whence. 
  Gen. 
  Stark, 
  it 
  is 
  

  

  said, 
  made 
  his 
  attack. 
  The 
  bullet 
  is 
  from 
  N. 
  Burnet, 
  

   Esq., 
  proprietor 
  of 
  the 
  grounds, 
  who 
  picked 
  it 
  up 
  Avlien 
  

   plowing, 
  about 
  ten 
  years 
  ago. 
  Vestiges 
  of 
  tliis 
  battle, 
  

   formerly 
  found 
  in 
  abundance, 
  are 
  now 
  exceedingly 
  

   rare, 
  and 
  all 
  traces 
  of 
  the 
  breastworks, 
  &c., 
  are 
  entirely 
  

   obliterated. 
  

  

  