The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-17
4 TREASURE |: HOUSE
OF Historic Relics at The
jamestown Exposition

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jamestown 'l'' Exposition j,i
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MANY \, CURIosIT'][:Il:El1;s
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Stone Goda8and household utensils
of civilizatfoRso remote ~as to be
,unfixed in the annals of history; In
dian relics from the vario1a,sss tribes
which inhabitsd the western world
previous tots discovery by.sEur,o-
pean peopleshadrlooms handed down 10, n
from the first English adventures T, ii i
America; CoIonlal and Revolution-,
airy costumes and documents; souye-
Mrs of men whose lives and deeds
are interwoyenSwith the, early history
Of the United states-GeorgeI wash
ington's sword given him by Fred
erick the Great; Nathaniel Greene,s
first shirty$aBout: three inches. long
and most ofs5that rufies; Patrick
Henry's mint 1nlep glass hoidife a
full quart. SaslhiiBle. from the house
hold Of J6hn J, Alden; sllverware
made by: PAUL. Revere: John Paul
Jones gun, and Daniel Boone's steel
1aWed wolfiiSarap are some OF the
things to 5lbes asen in the Palace ,~of
tilsstcry at tho Jamestown Ezposi-
ton. ~ rl3ssssss, ~
AS the Exposition is a historical
one-beiag In eomn aai0ration Of the
founding of thstis first ! permanent
colony In America, '3the department
OF history is the ifaosttprominent and
1mportanf. The history building of
solid stone, shetland concrete, as
dre-proofias granite quarry, is thus
the MECCA Of thousands Of visitors
who congregate thereto see what
cannot be seen any where else In
America. J. ! -
: HThere sSare twelRs states repre-
sented--those whose early histories
composed the early history Of Amer
fca. They are the following: Yer
mont, Massachusetts; Rhode Island
New York, New jersey, >Pennsylyania,
Ohio, Virginia, Wegr%.Virginia, North
Carolina and Georgia. =.
IN ADDITION the Colonial Danes
nave a large exhibte@The Daughters
of the American Revolution are we'll
represented, over fifty chapters send
ing relics Of the early days of the
country. The Episcopal church OF
America makes a splendid showing
occupying a large exhibit space
while a historic art4exhibit, the prop
erty OF Thomas F..tRyan, covers the
walls Of the north hall.
r The = Vermont exhibit contains
many interesting books and papers,
a number of beautiful spoons, and
perhaps more interesting than any
thing else, the first printing press
ever brought to America This cum
bersome machine was imported from
England In 1888 and DEF I'D in Cam
bridge, Mass, where for a great
many years it was used In printing
papers, books and pamphlets.
Massachusetts, besides sending q
great variety of si1yerware, costumes
and documents, haafthe finest minia-
ture exhibit on hegfounds. Quite
number OF the portraits were done
by Malbone, whose rep utation was
SO great during the cartier years Of
the state. Next In interest Is the
John Alden Bible,g which until re-
Gently belonged to a direct descend
ant Of John and Priscilla. Then there
1s piece Of silyarwafe made by
Paul Revere, who thus shows that he
was more than a4dartng midnight
rider In the silver@ collection there
are several pieces which were used
by President john Adams. OF con-
siderable interest is as.Ieaf torn from
a notebook Of Mrs, John Hancock, on
which is given theofder of the menu
for every month Of the year. Finally,
and what is Of g,9atest interest to
the women visitors; is a collection
of lace valued at 100000. Some
Of the specimens shown In this case
are magnificent. All are handmade.
and the weave of several pieces has
been lost, making the specimens re-
lies OF a lost art ,x
Rhode Island showsaa number OF
valuable letters and documents
Among the latter is. the original
charter granted the colony by KING
Charles IT,, July 8,HT663. AnotheI
paper Of interest ID the Rhode Is.
land Declaration OF Independence
drawn up and signed May 4, 1776
Finally there is anZIndian deed ir
which it is set forth that In eonsid:
"eratfon Of forty fashonns OF white