Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1855-01-17
THE SECOND EXHIBITION OF THE
METROPOLITAN MECHANICS INSTI-

TIT eECOND ExHIBITION Oh TME
TUTE,
For the Promotion aud Encouragement cf
Manu- acttres, Commerce, and the Mechanic
and Useful Arts,
MILL be opened al the City Of Washington,
wv on Thursday, the Sth day of February, 1854
in the new and splendid Hall of the Smithsonian
Institution, which is one OF the most magnificent
rooms in the United States.
To this Exhibition the Manufactures, Mechan-
les, Artists, Inventors and all others desiring TO
display the results Of their labor, skill, ingenuity,
and TASTE from all portions of the Union, ARE COR
daily invited to contribute
The Machinery Department will be under the
charge ola special Superintendent Steam power,
fixtures labor, &C., will be given free Of expense.
All intending to exhibit are requested TO give
notice at as early aday as possible. Goods should
be accompanied with proper invoice.
The committee, therefore, feel that, in inviting
contributions from all portions of the Union to the
SECOND EXHIBITION OF THE METROPOLITAN Me-
CHANCES INSTITUTE, they are Offering TO the pro-
Queer of excellent articles valuable opportunity
of making known TO the whole country their now
city and utility, the superior style of their work
manship, and their adaptation 10 the purposes for
which they may be intended.
They would respectfully solicit from the LADIES
those specimens Of elegant handiwork, which
ant feature Of these displays. It proposed TO
submit all such contributions ton Committee OF
Ladies, and TO award to articles Of merit, premi
ums of jewelry, &C., suited to the tastes Of the
fair exhibitors.
The Hall will be opened for the reception of
Goods, on Monday, the Goth day Of January, and
on the evening of Thursday, the 9Th Of February
at o'clock, the Exhibition will be formally opened
for the reception Of visitors, and continue open
about four weeks.
February, can b entered upon the Jndges' Lists
for composition or premium, except such as the
Committee shall be satis6ed were dispatched from
a distance in time TO have reached the Hall by
that day, but failed to arrive from unavoidable de-
tention. #
Articles designed for exhibition only, will be re-
ceived free Of charge, until Tuesday night, 9th OF
February, at 10 o'clock; after which time, depos-
itors will be subject to charge Of from so cents
| to 81 for each article deposited.
APPRENTICES and minors, who contribute articles
Of their make or invention, shall specify their
age, and the time they may have served at their
business.
All articles deposited for competition and pre-
/ MUM must be of American manufacture, con-
! spicuously labelled with appropriate names the
name of the maker and inventor, If knownl and
the name of the deposition; copy OF which label
must be furnished the clerk at the time of bringing
the goods for entry on the record. Prices may be
affixed, or not, at the option Of the exhibitor.
Depostors, al the time of entry, will receive a
ticket Of title 10 their goods, which ticket will also
] admit them TO the Exhibition AT all times when
open TO the public.
| N. B.-Goods should be addressed as follows
G Eahi5tion Of the Metropolitan Mechanics Instr
t1te, Washington, d. c." and should have the ma
ture of the articles, and the name of the. party
sending them, distinctly marked on the packages.
They should also be accompanied by detailed
| invoice.
| Circulars, containing detailed instructions, viii
| be foru arded, and any information given, on ap.
plication to the Corresponding Secretary, to whom
all communications on the business Of the Insti-
| tute should be addressed.
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