144 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1890. 



From Theodore A. Mills, Washington, District of Columbia, commission of Clark 

 Mills as lieutenant of cavalry in 1853, siguecl by President Franklin Pierce and 

 Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War. Cast of face of Abraham Lincoln, from orig- 

 inal mold made by Clark Mills in February, 1865, about sixty days before the 

 President's death. 



From W. C. Mason, Washington, District of Columbia, Chinese copper coins. 



From John M. Noah, Washington, District of Columbia, original printed copy of Car- 

 riers' address to the patrons of the National Advocate, New York City, January 

 1, 1817. Badge of Knights Templar. 



From William S. Overton, Stony Creek, Virginia, pardon for rebel soldier signed by 

 W. H. Seward, Secretary of State, July 5, 1866. 



From Gen. Walter A. Payne, Fostoria, Ohio, badge of the Sons of Veterans. 



From Thomas G. Reames, Jacksonville, Oregon, twenty-dollar gold coin of the United 

 States found in a cow's stomach. Badge of Knights Templar. 



From J. T. Richards, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, brick from foundation of Fort Dn- 

 quesne, at Pittsburgh, built prior to 1753. 



From W. W. Rockhill, Washington, District of Columbia, Chinese paper-money, in- 

 cluding a national-bank note, the only issue by the present dynasty, and New 

 Year's Day and ordinary 100-cash paper currency of the city of Pekin. 



From Arthur E. Scarff, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Siamese copper coin, and copper coin, 

 dos centavos, of Argeutine Republic, 1881. 



From Henry L. Sheldon, Middlebury, Vermont, paper-money of Vermont Glass Com- 

 pany, 1814, and fractional currency of H. A. Sheldon, 1862. 



From Felix Speyer, Franklin, Pennsylvania, copper coin of Portugal, 20 reis, 1866. 



From Dr. H. R. Storer, Newport, Rhode Island, molds of medals of historic interest. 



From Tiffany & Co., New York City, silvered copper elec'.rotypj of the large vase 

 presented to William Cullen Bryant by the citizens of New York in 1875. 



From James Todd, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, silver watch and seal and pendant, 

 captured from a British soldier at battle of Lexington, 1775, by Lieut. James 

 Todd, of Boston. 



From War Department, two swords presented to Gen. James Shields by State of 

 Illinois and State of South Carolina, for gallant services during the Mexican 

 War. 



From W. J. Winter, Denver, Colorado, ribbon badge of the Cowboy Club of Denver, 

 Colorado. 



From A. F. Wooster, Norfolk, Connecticut, copper coin of Republic of Spain, 1870. 



The morning sessions of the annual meeting of the American His- 

 torical Association were held in the lecture hall of the National Museum 

 December 28 to 31, 1889. There was a large attendance of members of 

 the association and much interest was manifested in the Museum collec- 

 tions. This Association was incorporated by act of Congress approved 

 January 4, 1889, and by this act is directed to report annually to the 

 Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution concerning its proceedings 

 and the condition of historical study in America. TheEegents of the 

 Smithsonian Institution are authorized to permit the Association to 

 deposit its collections, manuscripts, books, pamphlets, and other mate- 

 rial for history in the Smithsonian Institution or in the National Mu- 

 seum. Under this act some books and pamplets have been deposited 

 in the Museum aud placed in charge of the curator of the historical 

 collections, who has been elected assistant secretary and curator of the 

 Association. 



