The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-09
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TREASURES IN AN oLp TRUNK.
Rare Books and Curios Long Overlooked
Found M Garret.

Rare BOOKS ana turloS Long overlooked
Found IN u Garrett
New York journal.
Thomas McCord, a we'll to do farmer and
land owner. wto lives near 'Icksyiilc, u
/. in a house that was one OF The numerous
places occupied hy George Washington as
several thousand dollars owing to the dis
covcry In his garrett GA Sn'igday last ot
treasure trunk The house .s said to b,
$50 years old and the trunk appears to h,
still more ancient, 1t contained about fifty
volumes Of remarkably rare books. together
with package Of bank dlls Of the early
half of the century. with n lace value of
about SIC 900 and small measure hlled
with corner half-cont coins.
Mi McCord. who IS 81 yca-s old has
owned the house in which rhc trunk was
found for over thirty eishi years. He
borga, 1t froia a man who mad IN turn
purchased II from the old Hicks family.
who gave their name TO the iowa Of Hicks
VILE. rhis Was onr Of the Oldest families
ON Long Island
ON saturday MI McCord was talking 10
T. relative Roherl Fullerton II this city,
when tho subject of relics 30 be found
around iilrk,Nillo came ul~ hlr. HcEord
nuAlly ,oof MIR. Fullerton up 10 the old gar
RET TO show him spinning wheel thot had
dcscendcd 10 him with the house In polk
inr over lot Of ancient furniture hd Odds
aud ends discarded half a century aho. Mir
Fullerton o. served a trunk II was niqie
in pattern, made Of oak, and covered with
undrcsspd hide The raWhide had cracked
and peeled Of in places, exposing be heavy
oak body beneath The handles on the
side. fhe lock aud general uditc-up be
spoke the senuire antiquity o; the chest.
"Nhai In that old trunk? ASKED Mt
Fullerton, who found little 10 interest him
tn lh. shuung wheel.
"Oh n lot OF old books nnd stun an
swercd MIR. McCord, carelcssly. i've never
taken the trouble to read them
Mr. Fullerton. who has rare collec-
ton Of his own. was at once Interested.
lie began an examination Of the different
volumes and discovered that every one Ot
them waB unusually valuable. lie rccog
nlzed In tho lot the collection of some on
thusiastic bibliophile. who had spent a
great deal Of time, travel and money In
getting II together. and then, In some
mysterious manner, lied without leaving
II in npprcciativc hands,
There were few other things than
books In the trunk. Tho most interesting
OF these ClillOh was lnrualllon OF trnIRr
Washington done iu ivory. The miniature
shows tho father of his country nj an al
vanced age, with high brow and hollow
checks TIE expression rs good. but quit.
unusual. The large roll Of bills was nade
up Of bank monry--nOtcs OF the Bank Of
Perth Amboy and the Bank OF George
town The copper coins Of 1902 and 1904,
dozen or more in number. were In Tiny
gill measure.
iiut tue hooks claimed Mr. Fulortons
attention They were nearly all bound In
original yelum and bore the unmistakabls
stamp OF age. Many OF the volumes were
in the Illuminated prints Of the Fifteenth
and Sixteenth centuries and none Of them
bore later date than 1910,
Among them he found an original history
Of the vayoRc Of Christopher Columbus,
by his son. Fernando. printed AT Milan.
There was an Elzoyir IN the lot. printed In
1888. containing a crude map OF New Am
stordam ~ this part Of America was not
settled until 1852, II Is safe TO say that
this map ls the first one ever published
Of New York and vicinity This volume
contains ten other maps Of the new world,
with Interesting wood cuts OF American
history and botany. There were also books
giving maps OF North and South America,
printed In 1916.
Some particularly rare volumes OF early
English history were found. one was tho
History OF the Wars In Scotland" pint
ID in I720. another a History OF Crom-
ellis Rebellion" printed In 1913: still
mother gave the Works OF the Great
Monarch King Charles l." This volume
was printed after King Charles death In