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58 WISCONSIN HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS.
part of some ancient work which the discovery of printing'
brought into disuse, and was hence cut up and used for binding
purposes; presented by C. C. BRITT, of Portage City.
AN OLD EN(IRAVINQ.-A~ engraved vicw of Philadelphia,
about the year 1760, when it contained a population of only
about 18,000 persons; presented by Dr. JOHN CURWEN.
A SERMON THE OLDEN TIME.-A MS. sermon delivered
OF
by Rev. Dr. Edward Bass, first Episcopal Bishop of Massachu-
setts, at three different times, as the endorsements upon it show,
once on Continental Fast Day, May 17, 1776; presented by
Rev. J. B. BRITTON.
AN EARLY PASSPORT.-T~~ original passport of the schooner
Nancy from Alexandria, Va., to the West Indies, in Dec. 1793,
signed by Washington as President, and Jefferson as Secretary
of State.
A CHARTER OAK RELIC.-A leaf from the famous Charter
Oak, plucked the day the tree fell; presented by W. H.
WATSON.
A RELIC OF Mrs. ALEXANDER HA~~ILTON.--TWO sleigh bells,
from a, string presented by the late venerable widow of Alex-
ander Hamilton, to her son the late Col. Wm. S. Hamilton, of
this State, in 1839; from WM. MAYNE, of Wiota.
AN OLD LOCK.-An old iron lock, found in a small mound at
Fond du Lac, where was a trading-post in the latter part of the
past century; presented by ROYAL BUCK.
AN OLD INDIAN EPAULETTE.-An old epaulette-one of
a large number early presented to the Indians around Detroit
soon after the war of 1812, to give them consequence and
attach them to the American cause; presented to S. L. Rood
by an old Frenchman, an early resident at Detroit, and pre-
sented by Mr. Rood, through W. H. Watson, to the Society.
INDIAN RELICS.-A curious copper axe or hatchet, about
two inches wide by four in length, found near the shore of Lake
Monona, in Madison, while digging a rcellar; prescnted by
HENRY E. GRAY, son of Neeley Gray, of Madison. An Indian