The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-09-03
RELICS FOR ATLANTA
PRICELESS HEIRLOOAIS GATHERED
 BY C0NNECTIC UT LADIES.

Mrs. Kinney of This City Departs for Att
 lanta To-morrow-COnne Relies to
 Go on Thursday-rhe Decorating of the
 Connecticut Room in the Woman's Build-
 ing-Connecticut Donors.
 Mrs, S. T. Kinney of this city, mem- ber of the Connecticut Atlanta commis. sion, said yesterday that Connecticut's collection of relics for the Atlanta expo- sition was completed and would be ship ed from this city on Thursday There are twenty-three enormous boxes filled with the relics. This relic exhibit is in- dependent of the one that the Connect icut colleges will make. Mrs. Kinney has also received some elegant lace made by the Gjibway Indians of Min nesota. Connecticut has taken so deep an interest in the welfare of these and other Indians, as evidenced by the ef- forts of the Connecticut Indian associa- tion, that the OjiIbways, moved by grat- itude and as a testimonial of their ap- preciation, have sent this beautiful lace to Mrs. Kinney, who is president of the Connecticut association, for exhibition at Atlanta. Mrs. Kinney spoke of the lace admiringly and said further to our reporter that this lace was equal to any point lace, and was most creditable to the skill and artistic taste of these In- dians, and a further evidence of the progressiveness of the Indian race when given any kind of a show A counter pane made of this lace cost $500 and was purchased by wealthy New York lady, who highly prizes it.
 Mrs. Kinney said further that Miss Sheldon, daughter of Judge Joseph Shel- don, is now in Atlanta preparing and supervising the ornamentation of the Connecticut room in the woman's build ing, where the Connecticut exhibits will be shown. Under Miss Sheldon's artis- tic supervision the Connecticut quarters will certainly look exceedingly attrac- tive. Some of the donors of articles for the Connecticut room are as follows: Registry book for names of visitors, Curtis & Bradley of this city; carpets for the room, by the Hartford Carpet company, who have had carpet woven specially for the room; furniture, by the Robinson Brothers of Hartford; tapes try, by the Cheney Brothers of Man. chester; dotted muslin for the curtains for doors, windows, etc, by the Taft vile factory; also an elegant inkstand appropriately engrossed has been fur nished by the Meriden Britannia com pany. made specially for the occasion. Following are some of the Connecticut relics to be shown:
 Autograph letter by Franklin, 1757; loaned by Mrs. G. F. Newcomb, New Haven.
 Iron lamp, 25O years old from Mrs. S. H. Street, New Haven; also laces, handmade, 110 years old. Mrs. Street loans fifteen valuable articles, includ- ing a crystal waistcoat button worn by George Washington
 Mrs. s. T. Kinney loans eleven rel ics, among them a. collection of silver spoons belonging to Captain Fritz Ran dolph in 1775
 Professor Simeon E. Baldwin of Yale loans a copy of the old constitution of the state of Georgia of 1779, certified under the seal of the state
 Professor Beebe of Yale loans an army order book of Colonel Beebe of Litehfeld, Conn, 1776-17S0
 Mrs. Donald G. Mitchell loans a workbox sent about 1S40 by Captain afterwards Admiral Newell of the royal British navy to the widow of General Robert Y. Hayne of Charles xx,;+I 4l,a | was made from an oak which grew on Washington Manor (presumably Sul- grave in Northamptonshire) and which had been planted by John Washington, the great grandfather of Washington. Mrs Hayne (born R. Brewton Olson) bequea thed it at her death in 1863 to her niece, Mrs. Donald G. Mitchell.
 Captain F. A. Monson loans buckskin knee brooches, vest and silk stockings worn by Dr. Eneas Monson of New Haven Sturgeon in the revolutionary army) at the surrender of Lord Corn wallis at Yorktown.
 An invitation to WaShington'S "birthnight ball. February 19, 1916, a scarf pin owned by Governor Salton- stall and a sermon at North Haven December il, 17S3-the day appointed for general thanksgiving on account of peace concluded with Great Britain and delivered by Benjamin Trum- bull, A. M, are also among Mrs. Kin ney's loans.
 Other relics of interest are handsome lace, by Mrs. J. H. Whittemore, Nau- gatuck; bed curtains, silk gown, em- broidered worsted fan and silhouette, by Mrs. c. P. Croft, Simsbury; and an ancient pitch pipe, made in England 200 years ago, used in place of a tun- ing fork in the choir of St. Paul's church, Norwalk, Conn.,, from 1742 to 1S10 loaned by F. H. Nash, Westport
 Especially interesting is a 'tswanskin blanket, brought to this country by Anne. daughter of Lord John Barro- del of Cork, Ireland, and wife of Cap tain George Deniso" Q61S-164s), who came to America in 1881, with his father Deacon William Denison. He re- turned to England, served with dis tinction in Cromwel1's army, was wounded at Noseby, then returned to America with his newly welded wife. She gave this blanket to her grand daughter, Desire Denison, wife of John Williams of Stonington, Conn, who was great-great-grandm of the exhibitor Mrs. Henry T. Buckley, Southport.
 Bristol ladies loan a colonial lap or