Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-04
OLD COLONY RELICS.
Revolutionary War Mementoes to
Be Found at the Fair.
GREAT COLLECTION OF AMERICANA.
It is Distributed Among Many
Buildings.
THINGS FOR PATRIOT TO SEE.
THINGS FORAPATRIoT TO SEE.

SdlCAoO, July lo0o
A number Of different people working
independently Of each other have brought
to the great fair at Chicago what
constitutes undoubtedly the most valuable
collection Of illustrations Of the struggle for
American independence ever shown to the
public before. That these papers, pictures and
relics should not be found under one roof, but
should be scattered about the whole vast area
Of Jackson Park. is perhaps to be regretted, but
it must be remembered that the owners Of the
articles unless suffered to exercise their whims
or fsncies in choosing their exhibitors will not
lend their precious possessions az all. One
person will accept no other custodian than the
general government and another insists upon
showing his relic IN his state building, while
those corpora tions which make displays like to
insert some historical object, although the pur-
pose of the exhibit may be essentially modern.
The account of the chief objects Of revolutionary
interest which will be given here cannot be
minute and may not be complete, but it en-
braces all the principal objects that are now on
view.
THE GOVERNMENT EXHIBIT.
The most important resting place Of the
records Of the revolution is the government Of
the United States. and 1t Is. therefore, only
pfOpct tndt IL suOulu DC tQ6 cQ1ef eXllDltOr OF
revolutionary history. The Department Of
State has in its possession the records Of the
Continental Congress, the papers Of Washing
ton, Franklin, Jefferson and Madison. besides
army returns and innumersble other manu-
scripts pertaining to the revolution and the
events which preceded and followed it. 1t has
sent some Of these to Chicago, and the petition
to the king which was passed by the Congress
Of IVA and presented by FRANKLIN in London
Ii to be seen side by side with the fierce letter
Of Franklin to Mr.. Strahan." Look upon
your hands, it says; ''they are stained with the
blood Of your relations. You and were once
friends. You are now my enemy and am
yours. B. Franklin" The ink has faded some
what. but the large, clear penmanship of Frank
lin can be read easily at o distance of three
feet.
Equally legible are the letters Of Adams,
franklin and jay which they wrote to the home
government when they were Joint commission
ers to negotiate q peace with Great Britain.
There are other volumes Of letters, and the last
words written by Washington (his meteorologi-
Cal record stand beside tho journal he kept
during the war. The original Declaration Of
NO. AZ SuieAso, ~. INC Puo,o-
prints Of the men Who signed IL and nv = sns
portrait of its author. The close of the reyo-
lutionary war is marked by the treaty Of peace
Win great britain, tne original OF wnlcn re-
poses IN giass case.
III tne var DeP"l,mon' secuoh OF 'ne gov
eihment ouhoing 'neie ID Q stano OF revoiu-
uonary naes. Inc oio pine Tree nag Is there,
. .ne coneo ratuesnake WIZ tne denant motto,
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stripes, sno near 'nese nAgs tnefe stanos hsno-
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THE COLLEGE EXHIBIT.
The participation of the older American COL
leges in the revolption ia n fac, ~ which ,h.v
- -, 0'
arc JusAs proud anu some stress mas Deen
laid upon 1t In the educational exhibit which
Itha.-is.s "a UenP HW Ti,,. ol
and Mary. which educated 40 many Of the yir-