Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-18
death CALLS 0LCOTT LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Leader Of Theosopsts Passes Recent Gifts and Transfers
Away in India. That Are Valuable.
BLAVATSKY LIEUTENANT MANY RARE MANUSCRIPTS
Society in Of Pertinent
1875 York. to National History
ONCE PROMINENT LAWYER DOCUMENTS BY TRANSFER
prising o.
Records confedeacy
MANY RARE MANUSCRIPTS
Of High Historical Interest Pertinent
to National History.
DOCUMENTS BY TRANSFER
The So-Called "Pickett Papers," Com.
prising Remains Of Diplomatic
Records Of the Confederacy.

The Library of Congress, which has truly
become the national library of the United
states. is both through purchase and gift
rapidly increasing its collections and widen
ing the scope of its influence and utility
Since the last report of the librarian was
issued at the opening of the present session
OF congress two requests mentioned therein
nave become effective and some valuable
gifts have been received.
VI the bequests. one is that carried under
the will of the late William Lukens Shoe
maker. which has resulted in the addition
to the library Of over 1000 books. pam
phiets, periodicals. aliases and maps. in
Guiding nearly thirty volumes of first
editions of the greater American poets,
Lonsfellow. Lowell Whittier and Whitman.
ana several volumes of recent English
poetry not copyrighted, and usefully filling
gaps In the library collection.
Mr.. s. 81. Kauhmann's Bequest.
Ihe other was the bequest of the late s.
ID. Kaufman. and gave to the library a
careruiiy selected collection of books re-
laung TO the art of printing, as we'll as q
ing to other fields.
From Mrs Ridgely Hunt of Morristown.
~. j.. has come as an unsolicited gift in
the form of a memorial to the eiyer's
father. William Cruger Pell a collection Of
valuable books and prints The books
number forty-three volumes, and include
specimens OF early and famous printers
Such as Anton Sorg of Augsburg Anton
koberger in, Nurnberg, Aldus Plus Manu-
tius and Afdus Manutius, the younger.
printers In Venice; Franciscus Renner In
Venice. Johann Pruss of Strassburg and Of
the Elzevirs In Leyden and Amsterdam. It
Is IN such works as these that the library
collection Is deficient, having realized the
necessity of acquiring from its appropria-
SONS s,ons research material rather than rare
specimens, so the gift was doubly welcome
anu was found In only one instance to
duplicate volume already in the iibrary's
possession.
Inc prints included in this same gift rep-
resented the well-known engravers Of
the Dutch. English. Flemish, French. Ger
man and Italian schools and included sew
erai original etchings by Adrien Jansz van
and 1855. OF these last two. The Smoker
and the Drinker'' and the wandering Mu-
slclans' are both found in the first state
ana are exceedingly rare and important In
original engravings by anonymous engrav
ers ana number of admirable comics
winch Will serve in the study Of the works
or such masters as Lucas Cranach /, Al
tin Schongauer. The collection, comprIs-
ing ~ prints. will form valuable addition
10 the iibrary's available exhibits
Gifts Of Manuscripts.
The additions to the division of MANN
scripts by gift will more than keep pace
with those by purchase. This is but nat
urai, when one considers the desire of DOS
SCISSORS OF family. papers to have them safe.
to nave them properly arranged classified
and 1ndexed and to have them made avail
s ao,e LOT consultation, to which considera-
uons would, In many cases, be added the
desire to have them preserved In connec
ton with other material of distinction as
permanent memorial of those whose ac-
tiyities created them or with whose career.
they were associated.
Among the accessions since the first of
december may be noted additions from
time to time to the Van Buren, collection
New York-additions representing naners
OF high historical interest and pertinent to
national history. ~
From Mr.: Francis J. Garrison of Boston
has come package of papers relating to
an interesting incident in the history of
slavery In the District of Columbia This.
though the Garrison collection in general.
which relates to slavery and emancipation,
has been deposited in the Boston Public
Library.
In like manner Mrs II. L. Britton, New
Dorp. Staten Island. recently made a gift
Of certain papers which had long been in
the possession Of her family relating to
Connecticut affairs, among them being such
Interesting pieces as the payroll of the
| troops who marched from Mansfield to the
] N,
ITS: manuscript sermons by Rev Richard
Salter. the second minister in Mansfield,
and manuscript sermons by Eleazer Will
liams, the first minister in that place. to-
| gether with some local papers and family
letters
Mr. H p Scratchley of New Jersey has
sent q package Of papers relating to q
curious military incident which brought
Andrew Jackson into relation with the fed
| eral government. An order had been is
! sued that officers in the army should cut
| their hair In a certain fashion. A Tennessee
officer refused to comply. was tried and
punished. and Jackson sought to have the
punishment remitted The papers. some
thirty in number are curious and read
able
And. finally. Mr.. Horace White OF New
York has presented some letters written to
CYRUS w. Field by prominent English sci
enttsts and public men on the earliest At
lantic cables.
| Transfer From Executive Depart
ments.