The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-25
RARE BOOKS DISCOVERED,
Together with Old Bank Notes and n
Medallion of Washington.
New York Journal.

New York Journal.
Thomas McCord, a well-to-do farmer and
land owner, who lives near Hicksville, l..
l., in house that was one of the numer-
Gus places occupied by George Washington
as an army headquarters, is richer to-day
by several thousand dollars, owing to the
discovery, in his garnet, on Saturday last,
be 80 years old " and the trunk appears, to
be still more ancient. 1t contained about
fifty volumes of remarkably rare books to-
gether with package Of bank bills of The
early half of the century with, face
value of about $4,000, and a small meas
ure filed with copper half-cent coins.
Mr. McCord, who is ffty-five years old.
has owned the house in which the trunk
was found for over thirty-eight years. He
purchased it from the old Hicks family.
who gave their name to the town of Hicks
vile. This was one of the Oldest families
On Saturday Mr. McCord was talking to
a relative, Robert Fullerton. Of Third ave-
to be found around Hicksville came up,
Mr.. McCord finally took MI. Fullerton up
wheel that had descended to him with the
house. In poking over lot of ancient fur
aiture and odds and ends discarded ,o half
oak, and covered with undressed hide The
places, exposing the Heavy oak body be-
meath. The handles. on the side, the lock,
and the IL fhs dbs1 bespoke the
Whats in that old tr,1nk?' asked Mr..
Fullerton. who found little to interest him
"Oh, a lot Of old books and stuff an
swered Mr. McCord carelessly. i've never
taken the trouble to read Them
Mr.. Fullerton, who has rare collection
of his own, was at once interested. He be-
gan examination of the different vol
them was unusually valuable. He recog-
nized in the lot the collection of some en-
b de fhi r who had spent =,
getting ii together, and then, in some mys-
ferrous manner, died without leaving it in
appreciative hands
There were few other things than books
in the trunk. The most interesting OF
these curios was a medallion of George
shows the Father of His Country at an adj
vanced age, with high brow and hollow
unusual. The large roll Of bills was made
up of bank money! otes of the Bank OF
Perth Amboy and the Bank Of Georgetown
The copper coins of 1902 and 1904, dozen OF
more in number, were in tiny gill meas
But the books claimed Mr. Fulerton's
attention They were nearly all bound in
original vellum. and bore the unmistakabIe
stamp Of r., age Many Of the volumes 2l wert
and sixteenth centuries, and none of then
bore later date than 1910.
Among them he found an original histor!
of the voyages of Christopher Columbus b!
was an. Eizevir in the lot printed in l6a
| dam. As this part of America was not set
| tied until 1892 it is safe to say that thi
York and Vicinity oe Ths vonme contain OF ANY
| ten other maps of the new world, with in
teresting wood cuts of American history
| and botany. There were also books givinf
| in ie46
Some particularly rare volumes Of earl,
| English history were found. One was tn,
| History of the Wars in Scotland" printed
IN GP ano aFirtao H Fl 1s Of ft
gave the Works of the Great Monarch.
King Charles l." This volume was printed
Cromwell would not permit anything ia
| vorable to Charles to be published in Eng
land, so the book was taken. to The Hagu
| to be issued a history of the reign o
| Queen Anne of England contains some fin
woodcut maps. One pictures the battle o
| Blenheim, won by the first Duke of Mari
borough, and it is a significant fact tina
on banner carried by the dukes force
and Exploits of Famous English Highway
men" printed in 1881. is illustrated will
several remarkable crimes of that period.
small volumes comprising, New Tesla
ment printed in 1856. One large, curiously
bound book tells of the expulsion of the
! Jesuits from France, and was printed ir
l164 A history Of the Catholic Church by
the first edition of a work on the Hugue
nots, printed in Venice in 1907, together
| of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
| make up the remainder of the religion:
| volumes or the COLLECTION.
Among the miscellaneous books is one
| rare colonial volume, Letters to the RICH
Honorable the Earl of Hillsborough, from
| Gov. Bernard Gen. Gage and the Honor
! able His Maiesty's Counsel for the Prov.
! ince of Massachusetts Bay, with an appen
| dix containing divers proceedings referred
| to in said letters" This is marked as
| printed by Edes & Gill printers of the
colony, 1853, Other volumes are The Inr
/ Player" a book on wrestling by Sir Thos
| Parky, of Bunny. Baronet, 1927; q maya
! zine of the seventh century: q book or
Luck, Ill-Luck and Lotteries printed ii
| 1858; an early American almanac; a New
| England Primer" printed in 1910 and bound
with cedar; 1.-The Art of Converse ton" By
| Stephen Guazzo, printed in 1873; dozen OF
| more volumes of the drama printed II
/ 1850 and about twenty volumes bound If
| vellum and treating OF various subject il
| the Spanish language.