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  22 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  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 
  12^2 
  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. 
  

  

  