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144. A part of the stem of the Agave Americana (century plant), which 



flowered some years since in the greenhouse of 



Stephen Van Rensselaer . 



145. Two pieces of wood from the hull of Commodore Perry's flag-ship, 



the Lawrence : obtained at Erie, Pennsylvania. 



Franklin B. Hodgh. 



146. Copper pickaxe, found on the farm (in Ogdensburgh, St. Lawrence 



county) of Henry Van Rensselaer. 



147. Stone chisel : from Danube, Herkimer county. Asa Wilcox. 



148. Stone chisel, made of greenstone : from Martinsburgh, Lewis county. 



L. R. Hough. 



149. Large spearhead, made of chert : from Martinsburgh. 



L. R. Hough. 



150. Fragments of ancient pottery : from Martinsburgh, Lewis county. 



S. A. Dewey. 



151. Four chert arrowheads : from Martinsburgh. S. A. Dewey. 



152. Stone pestle, used in pounding maize : found in the town of Ni- 



skayuna, Schenectady county. Peter B. Noxon. 



153. A Stone axe, made of chlorite : plowed up in the ninth ward of the 



city of Albany. Peter B. Noxon. 



154. Two chert and one white quartz arrowheads : found in the town 



of Cuilderland, Albany county. Thaddeus Cheesebko. 



155. A chert arrowhead : found in digging a cellar on the shore of 



Otsego lake. S. W. Root. 



156. Indian arrowhead : found in Croton, Westchester county. 



Theodore Teed. 



157. Three fragments of Indian pottery : found in Croton. T. Teed. 



158. A very singular specimen of Indian workmanship, made of novacu- 



lite : found in the town of Hartford, Washington county. 



Henry B. Northrup. 



159. Tacks, cemented together : from the great fire in the city of Albany, 



on the seventeenth day of August, 1848. Lemuel Steele. 



160. A specimen of Cocoanut-wood (turned) : from the Island of St. Lucia, 



West Indies. Robert Reid. 



161. An Antique lookinglass, set in a frame of sandal wood. 



Miss Caroline Lovett. 



