The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-21

Lsngdon of New Hampshire, who wal
first presiding officer of the Senate. and
John Adams. Loaned By Mrs Gibson. oi
| Bristol
The chair in which John Adams died.
Loaned by Mrs. Gibson.
| A letter written by the wife of Presi-
announced the election of Washington to
that body. Loaned by Mrs. Goodrich OF
Pawtucket.
Certificate of ship clearance. Lucy Ann
Of Greenwich, Capt. Samuel Greene,
and James Madison, Secretary of State,
1904. Loaned by b. A. Jackson, of Provi-
dence
Old chair used by Lafayette at Col. Eli
pialet Slack's residence in Paw tucket.
Loaned by Col. Slack's grand niece, Mrs.
Wilbour of Bristol.
A few Colonial coins. among them the
Franklin cent, coined in 1856. Il being the
first piece OF money coined at the
National Mint" Very rare. Loaned by
Mrs. Goodrich, of Pawtucket.
An old cannon ball, found after the
bomhardment of Bristol in 1776 Loaned
by Mrs. J. II. Bull ock, of Bristol.
A white and gold tea-set, belonged to
the first Colonial Governor, Benedict
Arnold Arnold; Loaned by descendant Mrs.
cock. Loaned by Mrs. Wilbour.
The Providence Gazette. 4 1906. Loaned
by Mrs. Arthur Knight, East Green
wich.
A very old bedquilt: the wool was cut,
carded, spun and colored by an ancestor
of William Church, who afterwards
wrought this bedquilt with the material
she had prepared.
A very rare and old portrait OF Queen
Charlotte. Loaned by the Misses Sim
mons, of Bristol.
A plate, said to have been brought over
in ba hu MrG M
OF Bristol.
The old bureau and chair, from Haw-
thorne's Seven Gable House" Loaned
by Mrs. Wilbour Of Bristol.
Very old instruments for drawing teeth.
Loaned by Dr. Gallup OF Bristol.
The Miniatures.
The display Of miniatures in the audito-
rum. under charge of Mrs. A. Livings on
Mason, is OF great interest, beauty and
value. IL includes Wedgewood minia-
ture Of Ge.. Washington. Loaned by
Elizabeth Bryant Johnston OF Washing
ton.
A miniature OF Gen. Washington, owned
by Gen. Lafayette, who had IL framed in
the national colors. an eagle in each corner
and fif cen stars. Lafayette presented it
later to an American lady in Paris.
Painted by Rem brandt Peale after Stuart.
Loaned by Miss Elizabeth Johnston of
w NdsnlIpJOn.
A miniature probably by William Dun
lap Painted by order of Gen. Washing
ton for Mistress Sally Moore Of Philadel-
phia and presented as a token of his APP
probation of her many services in benalf
of the Revolutionists She in turn left it
TO Mrs. Vansise OF Philadelphia. Loaned
by her great-granddaughter, Miss Da
Costa OF Shlo.
Six miniatures of four generations OF the
Garland family; Oldest, William Garland,
17SS; painted in Paris. Loaned by his
at-granddaughter. Mrs. Henry
ii. Fay, Newport, r.. l.
A miniature of Capt. James Grammont,
who came over with Lafayette, painted in
his French naval suit. Loaned by Mrs.
Lewis jenkins Chace.
Miniature Of Mr.. Eben Putnam OF
Salem, painted before 1897. Loaned by
his granddaughter. Mrs. Alfred Stone.
Case OF three miniatures of three gen.
erat ions, the oldest, Daniel Dayton, born
1123: also mourning ring and brooch.
Loaned bv Mrs. a. Livingston Mason
Miniature, painted by Malbone, OF Syl-
vanus j. Penniman. Loaned by his grand
niece, Anne Cooke Cushing.
Silhouette of Lois Marsh, born in 177s.
Loaned by her great-great- at-granddaughter.
Mrs. Roscoe Washburn.
Miniature of Polly Lawton. Loaned by
Mrs. Richard Jackson Barker, Warren,
X. l.