Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-11-22
RELICS AND CURIOS.
BIG EXHIBIT OF THEM AT RECENT
BURLINGTON FLOWER SHOW.

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Loaned to the Exhibitor - darlington
Residents-Many Revolutionary and Old
err Relics-Old Books, Autographs, ETC.,
in the List.
The exhibition of the military and an
tiquarian objects under the auspices of
the Vermont Antiquarian Society Is by
no means the least, interesting part of the
Flower Show, says the Burlington Free
Press. The two large rooms upstairs
were assigned to General Peck and his
committee. They present quite con-
trast to their usual appearance.
On entering the rooms one notices the
cavalry guidon used by the LIST Vermont
cavalry, and a drum and knapsack car
ried by company G, 9th Vermont volun-
teers In the war for the Union and the
head quarters flag of the I'd cavalry brig
ade, commanded by General Young in
the Santiago campaign. The engraving
of Admiral Dewey is framed with metal
taken from the battleship Maine. A
brass gun captured from the Spanish in
Manila in 1898 rests upon case Of
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of 1912. Just beyond is a case of canes
made from woods taken in southern bat
tlefeds.
Among the articles of especial interest
to Vermonters is the field desk of Maj
Gen. Geo. j. Stannard, commander LIST
division 18th army corps; the head
quarters flag of the I'd brigade, I'd dvi-
sion 18th army corps; the Greek cross
of the old Vermont brigade; also flag
of the 10Th regiment Vermont militia,
which was used probably between 1880
and 1885.
On the wall hang pictures Of Mrs.
Ethan Allen as child and after she be-
came wife of the hero of Ticonderoga.
Several chairs owned by Ethan Allen are
exhibited by Mrs. Goodrich. The Civil
War exhibit includes not only the usual
collections of fragments of shells, shot,
ETC., picked up in the various battlefelds
of the south, but also suggestive relics of
that great conflict, such as stone from
that famous stone wall at Fredericks-
burg, side arms and various accoutre-
ments taken from Confederate prisoners.
OF great local interest in the photo
graphs of the members of the Burlington
life guards who left for the war in the
lst Vermont regiment in the spring of
1861. Probably nothing on exhibition
will attract more attention than these
photographs, which were loaned by
Stannard Post, No. ,, G.. A. Il.
The first catalogue of the University
of Vermont was printed as broadsid
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has been loaned by Gilbert A. Dow. 1t
hays by the door; near by is commits
sion signed by John Hancock. one of the
sgners of the Declaration of Independ-
ence and once governor of Massachusetts.
Immediately opposite is the case filled
by the contributions of Mrs. and Miss
Stannard and General Peck, confined
chiefly to the period of the Civil War.
This case also includes the blue and
white uniform of Major and Brgader
Inspector in the Vermont militia of 125
worn by Hon. Daniel Roberts; the epau-
lets and dress hat worn by General Stan
nard when colonel of the 18th Vermont
regiment In 1859.
The eye will be caught by the minia-
ture Confederate flags presented to Miss
Theodore Peck in Richmond, on which
rest fac smile of the great seal of the
Confederacy. Here is also part of battle
flag of the 9th Vermont regiment, which
was torn into pieces anu distributed
among the officers at the time of the cap
ture of Harper's Ferry, Sept. 10, 1862.
An Interesting collection loaned by Mr..
Eden Putnam consists chiefly of docu-
ments and autograph letters; one is of
the date of 1875 and signed by such nota-
bles as Richard Saltonstall, Daniel Den.
nison, Samuel Appleton. Immediately
below this is an order dated 100, to
warn Peter Emons and family from
! Gloucester. In accordance with the Gus.
tom of that time, new corners were
warned from town to prevent their be-
coming entitled to share in the commons
and other privileges Of the older inhabit-
ants. In one corner of the case is an in
tercsting group of letters of General
Gage, the last royal governor of Massa-
chusetts, Thomas Fucker, and James
Putnam, the last secretary and attorney
general respectively, under the Crown.
and also of Philip Livingston, one of the
signers of the Declaration of Independ-
ence.
The Breaches Bible, exhibited by Mrs.
Taber published in 1905, is so-called
from the peculiar reading of Genesis I.
Copies of this Bible are very rare; one
which belonged to Roger Conant, who
came to this country in 1925, is preserved
at Salem.
Gen, 7. S. Peck exhibits fragments of
guns belonging to a French ship sunk at
the capture of Louisburg in 1915. Near
at hand is cup and saucer which be-
longed to Sir William Pepperell, the
leader of the British aud colonial forces,
loaned by Mrs. Eben Putnam.
There are other interesting autographs,
among which are those of Count Rum
ford, Admiral Farragut, and commits
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